Happy birthday to Princess Anna Commena of Byzantium -- born 1083
Famous Deaths include:
66AD, St. Eligius [only *possibly* pronounced "Elsewhere" ;-) ]
659, St. Eloi [only *possibly* HGWells' patron ;-) ]
1135, Henry I, King of England
Other Fun Stuff:
1170, Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, returns to England from
exile
1372, Geoffrey Chaucer left England for Rome on a Royal mission
1420, Henry V, King of England, and his new wife, Catherine of Valois, enter
Paris
1590, Edmund Spenser's "Faerie Queene" is registered for publication
Today's factoids all cribbed liberally from The Outlaw Press Catalog - Today
in History ...... http://www.outlawpress.com/today.html
The smart-aleck comments are my fault.
Sonya of Prague
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