[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Dec. 24

[Steve Rourke]

Born:
0003BC: Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th Roman Emperor
0076 Publius A Hadrianus 14th Roman Emperor (117-138)
0877: St. Odo
1167: John I "Lackland," King of England


Deaths:
0041 Caligula [G C Germanicus], Roman emperor (37-41), assassinated at 28
0661 Ali ibn Abu Talib kalief of Islam (656-61), murdered
0772 Stefanus III/IV pope (768-72), dies
0817 Stefanus IV [V/Colonna], pope (816-17), dies
0820: Assassination of Leo V "the Armenian," Eastern Roman Emperor
1336 Alfonso IV the Benignant, king of Aragon (1327-36), dies at 36
1453: The British composer (and astronomer) John Dunstable died.
1473: Death of St. John of Kanti
1473 Conrad Paumann German blind organist/composer, dies
1524: Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama -- who had discovered a sea route
around Africa to India -- died in Cochin, India.
1547 Henry Howard Earl of Surrey, executed for treason


Other Events:
0562: Justinian, Emperor of Byzantium, dedicates Hagia Sophia's new dome
0640: Election of Pope John IV
0817 Stephen IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0817 St Paschal I begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Stephen IV
1076 Synod of Worms German King Henry IV fires Pope Gregory VII
1118 Giovanni Caetani elected Pope Gelasius II
1144: Edessa captured by Zangi, Atabeg of Mosul This action inspires the 2nd
Crusade.
1328 King Edward III of England marries Philippa of Henegouwen
1458 Matthias I Corvinus chosen king of Hungary
1534 François I signs classified treaty with evangelical German monarchy
1566: Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, pardons the murderers of Riccio
1568 In the Netherlands, Duke of Alva declares William of Orange an outlaw
1568 Abdij Church in Middelburg destroyed by fire





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