[Loch-ruadh] Today in history Oct 15

[STEVE K ROURKE]

614 Lothar, King of the Franks, issues the Edict of Paris.
898 Death of St. Euthymius the Younger.
961 'Abd ar-Rahman III, 1st caliph of Umayyad dynasty of Spain, dies.
1080 SAALE: defeat of Henry IV ( Germany) by Rudolf of Swabia; Death of
Rudolf of Swabia.
1106 Philip I (France) and Bertrada, his wife, visited Fulk of Anjou, her
husband.
1389 Death of Pope Urban VI.
1415 The army of Henry V (England) reaches Abbeville, France.
1417 Pope Gregory XII resigns from office.
1520 King Henry VIII ( England) orders bowling lanes at Whitehall.
1522 Cortes promoted to Captain-General and Governor of New Spain.
1526 The Hungarian Assembly meets to choose a new King.
1529 The troops of Suliman "The Lawgiver" abandon the siege of Vienna.
1538 A Royal decree exempted all but Spanish colonists from the Inquisition
in America.
1542 Birth of Akbar, Indian Moghul Emperor.
1564 Death of Vesalius.
1565 French Huguenot settlers surrender to Spanish, are massacred in
Florida.
1582 Death of St. Theresa of Avila.
1582 Julian calendar replaced by Gregorian; many Catholic countries switch,
skip 10 days.
1590 Election of Pope Urban VII.