[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Nov 26

[Steve Rourke]

Births:
1288 - Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (d. 1339)
1436 - Princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (d. 1463)

Deaths:
399 - Pope Siricius
1252 - Blanche of Castile, Queen of Louis VIII of France (b. 1188)
1326 - Hugh the younger Despenser, English knight (b. 1286)
1504 - Queen Isabella I of Castile (b. 1451)

Other Events:
43 BC-The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus
("Octavian", later "Caesar Augustus"), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Mark
Antony is formed.
783 - The Asturian queen Adosinda is put up in a monastery to prevent her
kin from retaking the throne from Mauregatus.