[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Nov 11

[Steve Rourke]

Births:
1050 - Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1106)
1154 - King Sancho I of Portugal (d. 1212)
1155 - King Alfonso VIII of Castile (d. 1214)
1220 - Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (d. 1271)
1493 - Paracelsus, doctor (d. 1541)
1493 - Bernardo Tasso, Italian poet (d. 1569)
1599 - Prince Octavio Piccolomini, Duke of Amalfi, Austrian field marshal
(d. 1656)

Deaths:
397 - Martin of Tours, French saint
405 - Arsacius, intruding archbishop of Constantinople
537 - Pope Silverius, saint

Other Events:
308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman
Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Maxentius and Licinius to be
Augusti, while rival contender Constantine I is declared Caesar of Britain
and Gaul
1215 - The Fourth Lateran Council meets, adopting the doctrine of
transubstantiation, meaning that bread and wine are transformed into the
body and blood of Christ.
1500 - Treaty of Granada - Louis XII of France and Ferdinand II of Aragon
agree to divide the Kingdom of Naples between them.