[Loch-ruadh] Today in history Sept.26

[STEVE K ROURKE]

611 Death of St. Colman of Lann Elo
1004 Death of St. Nilus of Rossano
1087 Coronation of William II "Rufus" ( England)
1143 Pope Celestine II took office
1187 Saladin's army looks down to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives
1414 The export of gunpowder from England is prohibited
1415 Henry V (England) challenges the Dauphin of France to personal combat
1480 First Inquisitors appointed to serve in Spain
1527 TOKAY (Archduke Ferdinand (Hapsburg) defeats King John Zapolya of
Hungary)
1542 Juan Cabrillo discovers California.
1575 Cervantes captured at sea, carried to Algiers for ransom
1580 Sir Francis Drake returns to England with a shipload of loot from the
Spanish; 1st circumnavigation of the globe by an Englishman