[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Nov 24

[Steve Rourke]

Births:
1273 - Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (d. 1284)
1394 - Charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (d. 1465)
1420 - John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (d. 1473)
1583 - Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet (d. 1641)

Deaths:
654 - Emperor Kotoku of Japan
1468 - Jean de Dunois, French soldier (b. 1402)
1531 - Johannes Oecolampadius, German religious reformer (b. 1482)
1541 - Margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scotland (b. 1489)
1572 - John Knox, Scottish reformer
1583 - René de Birague, French cardinal and chancellor (b. 1506)

Other Events:
380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal entry, into Constantinople.
642 - Theodore succeeds John IV as Pope.
1190 - Isabella of Jerusalem marries Conrad of Montferrat at Acre, making
him de jure King.