[Loch-ruadh] Today in history Sept. 9

[STEVE K ROURKE]

Isis's Birthday (Ancient Egypt).
1000 SWOLD. http://www.midhnottsol.org/leidstjarna/issue0/conversion.html
(not much info)
1079 Death of John, Archbishop of Rouen.
1087 Death of William I, "the Conqueror" ( England).
1222 Chinese sight brilliant daylight comet (Halley's?).
1224 Franciscan friars land in England.
1409 Founding of University of Leipzig, Germany.
1488 Death of Duke Fransez II of Brittany.
1492 Columbus resumes his voyage, from the Canary Islands.
1502 The enemies of Caesar Borgia conclude a pact at Mugione.
1513 FLODDEN (English defeat Scots; Death of James IV, King of Scots).
1515 Death of St. Joseph of Volokolamsk.
http://home.talkcity.com/AcademyDr/eusebius/chrono15.htm
1570 Cyprus surrenders to the Turks 1570.
1583 Sir Humphrey Gilbert, English soldier, navigator, dies.
http://www.jps.net/rossw/seadog/gilbert.htm
1585 Birth of Cardinal Richelieu.
http://www.camelotintl.com/world/02cardinal_richelieu.html
1585 Pope Sixtus V deprives Henry of Navarre of his right to the French
Crown.
1598 First church in New Mexico completed.