[Loch-ruadh] Today in history Oct 29

[STEVE K ROURKE]

437 Valentinian III, Emperor of the West, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter
of Theodosius II, Emperor of the East.
1066 Canterbury submits to William "the Conqueror".
1185 Betrothal of Henry, heir to Germany and the Holy Roman Empire, to
Constance, daughter of the King of Sicily.
1268 Execution of Conradin; end of House of Hohenstaufen.
1463 Birth of Alessandro Achillini, Bologna, Italy, philosopher, physician.
1541 The widow of John Zapolyai (Hungary) cedes Hungary to Ferdinand of
Hapsburg ( Hungary).
1591 Election of Pope Innocent IX.
1596 The survivors of the Nansen/Heemskerk/Barents/de Veer expedition return
to Holland.