[Loch-ruadh] Today in History Jan 26

[STEVE K ROURKE]

Births

Deaths

1109 Albericus of Cîteaux French saint, dies

Other Events

0066 5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1340 English king Edward III proclaimed king of France
1531 Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die
1564 Following the closing of the Council of Trent, Pius IV ratified its
enactments by the bull "Benedictus Deus." Included among the Tridentine
decisions were decrees concerning the creation of an Index of Prohibited
Books (a list of condemned authors and their works).