[Loch-ruadh] Today in history Oct 17

[STEVE K ROURKE]

532 Death of St. Boniface II, Pope
1171 Henry II (England) arrives in Ireland
1244 GAZA (Damascenes and Franks defeated by the Sultan of Cairo and the
Khwarismians); death of Armand de Peragors, 16th Master of the Templars
1346 NEVILLE'S CROSS (English defeat Scots)
1415 The French army reaches Amiens, France
1469 Ferdinand of Aragon marries Isabella of Castile
1472 Barcelona surrenders to John of Aragon, uniting Catalonia & Aragon
1483 Tomas de Torquemada appointed Inquisitor-General of Spain
1529 Thomas Wolsey removed from office as Lord Chancellor of England
1540 Jacques Cartier commissioned by the French Crown to explore Canada
1605 Death of Akbar, Moghul Emperor; Jahangir takes the throne