[Loch-ruadh] Today in history Sept. 23

[STEVE K ROURKE]

Autumnal Equinox
63 BC Birth of Octavian (Augustus C'sar), 1st Roman Emperor.
704 Death of St. Adamnan.
918 Death of Conrad I (Germany).
1122 Diet of Worms.
1307 William de Nogaret is made Chancellor of France.
1553 Saidians take Morocco.
1577 William of Orange enters Brussels States-General deposes Don John.
1578 Sir Humphrey Gilbert sails in search of the Northwest Passage.
1561 Philip II (Spain) halts Florida colonization attempts.
1595 Spain divides North America into Mission Provinces.