On this day in History - Nov. 10

Published: November 9, 2007, 9:01 pm

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0627 - Justus dies. Archbishop of Canterbury 0745 - Musa al-Kazim was born (d. 0799). Shia Imam. 0901 - Adelaide of Paris was born. Queen of Western Francia 1241 - Pope Celestine IV Gofredo Castiglioni) dies. He was elected during the papal warfare with Frederick Barbarossa, and reigned only 15 days. 1341 - Henry Percy was born (d. 1408). 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman. 1433 - Charles, Duke of Burgundy was born (d. 1477) 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Ladislaus III of Poland (or Ulaszlo I of Hungary) are crushed by the Turks under Sultan Murad II and Ladislaus is killed. 1444 - King Wladislaus III of Poland dies killed in battle (b. 1424) 1483 - Martin Luther was born (d. 1546). German protestant reformer.1520 - Danish King Christian II executes 82 in the Stockholm Bloodbath. 1549 - Pope Paul III dies (b. 1468) 1556 - Richard Chancellor was born. English explorer, dies in shipwreck off Scotland 1565 - Laurentius Paulinus Gothus was born (d. 1646).

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