Events in History
- 768 Charlemagne and his brother Carloman I are crowned Kings of The Franks
- 869 Charles the Bald crowned king of Lotharingen
- 1000 Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" (possibly L'Anse aux Meadows, Canada) reputedly becoming first European to reach North America
- 1192 Richard I of England, the Lion Heart, leaves Jerusalem in disguise
- 1200 12-year-old French noblewoman Isabella of Angoulême is crowned Queen consort of England to King John in Westminster Abbey
- 1238 James I of Aragon conquers Valencia and founds the Kingdom of Valencia
- 1290 Last of 16,000 Jews expelled by King Edward I leave England
- 1410 Earliest mention of Prague's astronomical clock, the world's oldest still in operation, built by Mikuláš of Kadaň and Jan Šindel
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Charles X
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David CameronWeddings in History
- 1514 King Louis XII of France marries Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII (sister of Henry VIII)
- 1901 Philanthropist John D. Rockefeller Jr. (27) weds Abby Aldrich in Warwick Neck, Rhode Island
- 1944 Nizari Imam Aga Khan III (67) weds 1930 Miss France Yvonne Blanche Labrousse (38) in Geneva, Switzerland
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Alec Douglas-HomeOctober in History
The Great Stand on the Ugra River
On one side of the Ugra River stood the Mongol Golden Horde, on the other, Ivan III, Grand Prince of the rising Muscovy Principality. At stake, everything.
October 8, 1480
Sgt. Alvin York Kills 25 German Soldiers
Painting of Sergeant Alvin York firing at the German soldiers in France
October 8, 1918
Lutine – The Ship That Refuses To Give Up Her Treasure
The British Navy ship HMS Lutine was carrying a fortune in silver and gold bullion when it foundered in a storm on this day. The treasure was lost forever.
October 9, 1799
Writer Becomes a Prisoner of Love
In his youth novelist George Gissing sparkled with literary and academic promise. But his choice of female partners led to anguish, poverty and even prison.
October 10, 1894