[Loch-ruadh] Today in history Oct 26

[STEVE K ROURKE]

33 Death of St. Stephen, the first martyr of the Christian Church.
899 Alfred the Great (Wessex) dies, succeeded by Edward the Elder.
1277 Founding of Merton College, Oxford, England.
1289 Montpelier, France, medical and Law schools united into a University.
1331 Death of Abulfeda. http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Abulfeda
1369 Charles V "the Wise" (France) dedicates a monument to his personal
chef, for a recipe for pickled fish.
1440 Execution of Gilles de Rais, on charges of witchcraft and murder.
http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial10/derais/
1520 Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, crowned in France.
1529 The Papal Legate leaves England without giving Henry VIII his divorce.
1529 Sir Thomas More appointed Lord Chancellor of England by Henry VIII.
1562 Fall of Rouen to Catholics.
1564 Birth of Hans Leo Hassler, Nurnberg, composer.
1580 Drake returns to Plymouth.
1595 Elizabeth I (England) approves the conversion of archers into
musketeers.
1596 EGER (Hungarians defeated by Turks).