[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Feb. 25

[STEVE K ROURKE]

Born


Deaths
0779 Walburgis Anglo-Saxon abbess/saint (Walpurgis Night), dies
1247 Hendrik IV duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies
1495 Djem Sultan son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35
1601 Robert Devereux Earl of Essex, executed for treason against Elizabeth
1602 Everard van Reyd Dutch historian, dies at about 51

Other events
1095 Council of Rockingham bishop Anselmus vs King William II Rufus
1358 Dalmatië flees Venice
1497 Italians troops reconquer Taranto on France
1502 Austrian emperor Maximilian I reformats government machine
1540 Francisco Vásquez de Coronado searches for 7 cities of Cibola México
1570 Pius V excommunicates Elizabeth, absolves her subjects from allegiance