[Loch-ruadh] Today in history Nov 1

[STEVE K ROURKE]

All Saint's Day
609 All Saint's Day established.
670 Death of St. Omer.
846 Birth of Louis II, "the Stammerer" ( France).
1116 Taurid meteor shower (derived from Comet Enke).
1141 The rebel Earl of Glouchester exchanged for King Stephen ( England).
1216 Fourth Lateran Council begins.
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1500 Birth of Benevenuto Cellini.
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1503 Election of Julius II as Pope.
1512 Michaelangelo's frescos in the Sistine Chapel first exhibited.
1529 Marburg Colloquium begins.
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1577 Great Comet of 1577 discovered in Peru.
1585 Maurice of Nassau becomes Governor of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht.
1589 Henry of Navarre proclaims himself Henry IV ( France).
1591 The Inca feudal system is incorporated into the Spanish system of rule.