[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Oct 25

[Steve Rourke]

Births:
1102 - William Clito, Count of Flanders (d. 1128)
1330 - Louis II of Flanders (d. 1384)

Deaths:
304 - Pope Marcellinus (martyred)
625 - Pope Boniface V
1047 - King Magnus I of Norway (b. 1024)
1154 - King Stephen of England (b. 1096)
1230 - Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (b. 1180)
1400 - Geoffrey Chaucer, English poet
1415 - Killed in the Battle of Agincourt:
Charles d'Albret, Count of Dreux and Constable of France
John I of Alençon (b. 1385)
Antoine, Duke of Brabant (b. 1384)
Philip of Burgundy, Count of Nevers and Rethel (b. 1389)
Frederick of Lorraine (born 1371)
Philip II, Count of Nevers (b. 1389)
Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk (born 1394)
Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York (born 1373)
1492 - Thaddeus McCarthy, Irish Catholic bishop
1495 - King John II of Portugal (b. 1455)
1514 - William Elphinstone, Scottish bishop and statesman (b. 1431)
1555 - Olympia Fulvia Morata, Italian classical scholar (b. 1526)
1557 - William Cavendish, English politician (b. 1505)

Other Events:
1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and
Flanders conquer Lisbon after a four-month siege.
1315 - Adam Banastre, Henry de Lea and William Bradshaw, led an attack on
Liverpool Castle.
1415 - The army of Henry V of England defeats the French at the Battle of
Agincourt.