Today in Medieval History- 1 Dec
By starr4all
@starr4all (2863)
December 1, 2006 12:21pm CST
Good Morning! It is Friday December 1, 2006
Happy Birthday to...
In 1083 Princess Anna Commena of Byzantium
On this day...
In 0066 Death of St. Eligius
In 0659 Death of St. Eloi
In 1135 Death of Henry I, King of England
In 1170 Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury,
returns to England from exile
In 1372 Geoffrey Chaucer left England for Rome on a Royal mission
In 1420 Henry V, King of England, and his new wife,
Catherine of Valois, enter Paris
In 1641 Charles I, King of England, receives the Grand Remonstrance
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@jcvelina (1255)
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1 Dec 06
December 1: Union Day in Romania (1918), World AIDS Day
The Red Ribbon, a symbol of the fight against AIDS
* 1640 - John IV was declared King of Portugal, resulting in a war with Spain.
* 1822 - Pedro I was crowned the first Emperor of Brazil.
* 1955 - Rosa Parks was arrested for violating racial segregation laws in Montgomery, Alabama after refusing to give her seat on a bus to a white man, precipitating the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
* 1958 - The colony of Ubangi-Shari became an autonomous territory within the French Community and took the name Central African Republic.
* 1990 - Channel Tunnel workers from the United Kingdom and France met 40 metres beneath the English Channel seabed.
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@starr4all (2863)
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1 Dec 06
Thanks for posting. I know a lot of other stuff happens but I usually just post the medieval stuff.
