[Loch-ruadh] Today in history Oct 25

[STEVE K ROURKE]

St. Crispin's Day (Died 287).
625 Death of Pope Boniface V.
721 Death of St. John of Beverly.
732 TOURS (Arabs defeated in France by Charles Martel).
1047 Death of Magnus I Olafsson ( Norway).
1147 DORYLAEUM (German segment of the 2nd Crusade defeated by Islam).
1154 Death of Stephen (England); Henry and Eleanor accede to the throne.
1241 Election of Celestine IV as Pope.
1307 The University of Paris hears the confessions of Jacques de Molay and
four Templar knights.
1314 Coronation of Frederick III ( Germany).
1340 Birth of Chaucer.
1360 King John ( France) freed from the English.
1400 Death of Chaucer.
1415 AGINCOURT (defeat of France by Henry V of England).
1529 Thomas More becomes Lord Chancellor of England.
1556 Abdication of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain, of the
Thrones of the Netherlands and Naples.