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Jerod Husvar

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Aug 10, 1995, 3:00:00 AM8/10/95

Good morning! It's 4:03am on Thursday August 10, 1995.
This is the 222nd day of the year, there are 143 days left.

Happy Birthday to...
In 1296 John, King of Bohemia
In 1397 Albert II, King of Germany

On this day...
Lars name day in Sweden
In 0258 Death of St. Laurence
In 0955 LECHFELD (Magyars defeated by Holy Roman Empire)
In 1164 HARENC
In 1303 Hugh de Pairaud, Treasurer of the Templars, signs a private
agreement of mutual support with Philip IV ("the Fair")
King of France
In 1316 ATHENRY (Irish Rising in support of Edward Bruce)
In 1460 Coronation of James III as King of Scots
In 1471 Election of Sixtus IV as Pope
In 1492 Election of Alexander VI as Pope
In 1498 Henry VII of England rewards John Cabot for the discovery
of Canada with 10 Pounds
In 1500 Diego Diaz sights Madagascar
In 1519 Magellan leaves Spain to circle the world
In 1536 Cartier enters the Gulf of St. Laurence, Canada
In 1539 The French Crown orders all legal documents to be in French
In 1557 ST. QUENTIN (French defeated by Spanish)
In 1582 Russia makes peace with Poland and gives up claims to Livonia
In 1584 Death of the Duke of Alencon and Anjou
In 1600 Ferenc Nasady quells the mutiny at Papa
In 1620 Richelieu persuades Marie de Medici into peace
In 1628 "Vasa," Swedish warship, sinks at beginning of maiden voyage
In 1644 French complete their conquest of the Rhine Valley

Thought for the day...
A wise man can see more from a the bottom of a well than a
fool can see from a mountaintop.
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Jerod Husvar

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Aug 11, 1995, 3:00:00 AM8/11/95

As I am off to my First Ever Pennsic War... The Medieval News of the
day for the next week, plus Monday the 21st are listed below. If
you're going to be at war and wanna say hi, I'll be at Merchant Space
121.5 (Between S & M Leather and Vulture's Keep.) In the evenings I
*MIGHT* be found at SW16 (Camp MacDaigeghd.)

In Service,

Morcant

Good afternoon! It's 1:49pm on Friday August 11, 1995.
This is the 223rd day of the year, there are 142 days left.

Happy Birthday to...
In 1635 Thomas Betterton

On this day...
St. Claire's Day
In 0490 ADDUA (Goths defeat Romans)
In 1241 Death of Ogadai, Mongol KaKhan
In 1259 Mongka, KaKhan of the Mongols, dies
In 1306 DALRY (Robert I, "the Bruce," defeated by the Lord of Lorne)
In 1415 Henry V's fleet sets sail for France, at 3:00 pm, on a Sunday
In 1456 Death of John Hunyadi, Regent of Hungary
In 1464 Death of Nicholas of Kues
In 1471 Republic of Novgorod becomes subject to the Dukes of Moscow
In 1480 Turks capture the castle of Otranto, in southern Italy (Naples)

In 1492 Election of Alexander VI as Pope

In 1494 Death of Hans Memling
In 1587 Arrival in Virginia of Raleigh's second expedition of colonists

Thought for the day...
Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt.

Good morning! It's 4:21am on Saturday August 12, 1995.
This is the 224th day of the year, there are 141 days left.

On this day...
In 3113 Start of Mayan calendar (BCE)
In 1099 ASCALON I (Crusaders defeat Moslems)
In 1253 Death of St. Claire of Assisi
In 1332 DUPPLIN (Edward Balliol defeats and kills Donald,
Earl of Mar, the Regent of Scotland)
In 1350 Death of Philip VI, King of France
In 1464 Death of John Capgrave
In 1484 Death of Pope Sixtus IV
In 1508 Ponce de Le¢n arrives in Puerto Rico
In 1515 Marriage of Christian II, King of Norway and Denmark, to Isabella
In 1552 Emperor Charles V grants religious freedom in treaty of Passau
In 1553 Michael Servetus arrested in Geneva
In 1591 Death of Dick, a cat, in Leith, Scotland
In 1625 Charles I, King of England, prorogues his first Parliament

Thought for the day...
SCA Customs: Clean up after yourself.

Good morning! It's 4:22am on Sunday August 13, 1995.
This is the 225th day of the year, there are 140 days left.

Happy Birthday to...
In 1422 William Caxton, 1st English printer
In 1655 Johann Christoph Denner, invented the clarinet

On this day...
Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary (old)
Festival of Isis
Festival of Astarte
In 0533 Election of Pope John I
In 0554 Justinian, Emperor of Byzantium, begins to rebuild Italy
In 0587 Death of St. Radegund, Queen of the Franks
In 0622 Death of St. Maximus the Confessor
In 0813 Establishment of the Feast of the Assumption
In 0900 Zwendibold, King of Lorraine, killed in battle
In 1099 Election of Paschal II as Pope
In 1169 Philip de Milly of Nablus enters the Templar Order
In 1173 Death of St. Narses the Gracious
In 1438 Death of John Nider, philosopher
In 1447 Death of Filippo Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan, leaving no heir
In 1521 Cortez takes Tenochtitlan
In 1529 1st definitely dated bullfight in M‚xico
In 1587 Baptism of first American Indian converted to Protestantism
In 1630 General Albrecht von Wallenstein fired by
Fredrick II, Holy Roman Emperor
In 1642 Christiaan Huygens discovers the Martian south polar cap
In 1654 Folli performs 1st blood transfusion (between animals)
In 1660 Charles II orders the suppression of
pamphlets written by John Milton

Thought for the day...
If you live with a lame person you will learn to limp.

Good morning! It's 4:22am on Monday August 14, 1995.
This is the 226th day of the year, there are 139 days left.

On this day...
In 0410 Alaric sacks Rome
In 0756 Abd al-Rahman arrives in Spain
In 1040 PITGAVNEY; Duncan I, King of Scotland killed by MacBeth
In 1284 Execution of Majd al-Mulk
In 1291 Castle Pilgrim (Outremer) abandoned
In 1385 ALJUBARROTTA (John of Portugal defeats John of Castile)
In 1415 Henry V and his army lands in France, at about 6:30 am
In 1424 Scots take the English town of Verneuil by trickery
In 1431 TAUSS (Taborite army defeats Fredrick,
Margrave of Brandenburg, at 3:00 pm)
In 1447 The Meeting at Broletto Field re-establishes
the commune in Florence
In 1559 Tristan de Luna y Arellano enters Pensacola Bay, Florida
In 1464 Pope Pius II dies at Ancona leading a crusade against the Turks
In 1498 Columbus lands at the mouth of the Orinoco River, Venezuela
In 1607 The Popham expedition reaches the Sagadahoc River
In 1619 New "blue laws" enacted in Virginia
In 1642 Abel Tasman sets sail (to discover New Zealand)
In 1645 KILSYTH (Montrose defeats Covenanters)

Thought for the day...
"How many Pelicans does it take to light a candle?
None, candles are an ART FORM!"

Good morning! It's 4:23am on Tuesday August 15, 1995.
This is the 227th day of the year, there are 138 days left.

Happy Birthday to...
In 1195 St. Anthony of Padua

On this day...
Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary (new)
In 0465 Death of Libius Severus, Emperor of the West
In 0636 YARMUK (Byzantines defeated by Islam)
In 0717 Siege of Constantinople raised
In 0778 RONCEVALLES: Charlemagne's rear guard, returning
from Spain, attacked by Basques; Death of Roland
In 1038 Death of St. Stephen, King of Hungary
In 1057 LUMPHANAN; MacBeth, King of Scotland, killed by Malcolm MacDuncan
In 1070 Lanfranc becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
In 1079 Malcolm III, King of Scotland, invades England
In 1096 The First Crusade sets out for Jerusalem
In 1169 Coronation of Henry VI as King of Germany
In 1209 Surrender of Carcassone (Albegensian "Crusade")
In 1261 Michael VIII usurps the Byzantine throne
In 1263 LARGS
In 1281 The Kami Kaze, the "Divine Wind," destroys the
invading Mongol fleet off Japan
In 1327 Slavs of Tver, Russia, massacre the Mongol population
In 1369 Death of Philippa of Hainaut
In 1416 HARFLEUR (English defeat French)
In 1457 The completion of the "Mainz Psalter," the earliest specifically
dated printed book. (ca. 3 years after Gutenberg.) The printer's
names were Peter Schoeffer and Joachim Fust, which last is the
origin of the legend of "Faust." The Psalter was printed in a
calligraphic style, and all the books were "written" identically,
giving rise to the story of Faust's pact with the Devil.
In 1461 FORMIGNY (French defeat English)
In 1464 Death of Pope Pius II
In 1514 Bartolome de las Causas returns his Indian serfs
In 1515 A "forger of coins" is executed in
the "Iron Maiden of Nuremburg"
In 1519 City of Panam founded
In 1534 Foundation of the Jesuits
In 1534 Foundation of Santiago de Quito, Ecuador
In 1548 Mary, Queen of Scots, arrives in France
In 1549 Francis Xavier lands in Japan
In 1573 Founding of Asuncion, Paraguay
In 1598 YELLOW FORD (Irish defeat English)
In 1620 "Mayflower" sets sail from Southampton with 102 Pilgrims
In 1635 1st recorded hurricane in America, Plymouth Colony
In 1635 Ralph Blaesdel, mundane ancestor of Cherie Ruadh MhicRath of
Locksley, is shipwrecked in Massachusetts.
In 1649 Cromwell lands in Ireland

Thought for the day...
Beware the person who says "This is for your own good..."

Good morning! It's 4:24am on Wednesday August 16, 1995.
This is the 228th day of the year, there are 137 days left.

On this day...
In 1153 ASCALON II: death of Bernard de Tremelai,
4th Master of the Templars
In 1327 Death of St. Roch
In 1419 Death of Wenceslaus, King of Germany
In 1513 BATTLE OF THE SPURS (England and the Holy Roman Empire defeat
France)
In 1532 Treaty of Union between Brittany and France
In 1534 Abbot Whiting of Glastonbury hires James Renynger as music-
master and organist for the Abbey
In 1650 Charles II, King of England and Scotland, signs
the National Covenant of Scotland

Thought for the day...
God never imposes a duty without giving time to do it.

Good morning! It's 4:24am on Thursday August 17, 1995.
This is the 229th day of the year, there are 136 days left.

Happy Birthday to...
In 1153 William, first son of King Henry II of England,
to die in infancy
In 1601 Pierre de Fermat, mathematician who
needed wider margins - aü+bü Ø cü
In 1629 John III Sobieski, King of Poland & Lithuania

On this day...
Portunalia in ancient Rome, for god of harbors
In 0754 Death of Carloman, King of the Franks
In 1257 Death of St, Hyacinth of Cracow
In 1308 Three Cardinals interview the senior officers of the Templars
at Chinon, France
In 1424 VERNEUIL (English defeat French/Scots)
In 1427 Gypsies denied entry into Paris
In 1498 Cardinal Borgia renounces his Office to marry a French princess
In 1559 Death of Pope Paul IV
In 1563 Tycho Brahe records his first observation
In 1585 Antwerp surrenders to the Duke of Parma; sacked
In 1655 Antonio Fernandez Carvajal is 1st Jew
to receive English denizenship
In 1676 Hans Jakob von Grimmelshausen, German novelist, dies

Thought for the day...
Thrift is a wonderful virtue - in an ancestor.

Good morning! It's 4:25am on Friday August 18, 1995.
This is the 230th day of the year, there are 135 days left.

Happy Birthday to...
In 0472 Flavius Ricimer, general of the Western Roman Empire, kingmaker
In 1587 Virginia Dare, first English child born in North America

On this day...
In 1227 Death of Ghengis Khan
In 1274 Coronation of Edward I as King of England
In 1276 Death of Pope Adrian V
In 1304 MONS-ET-PEVELE
In 1477 Marriage of Maximillian, Holy Roman Emperor, to Mary of Burgundy
In 1516 Concordat of Bologna
In 1559 Death of Pope Paul IV
In 1571 Valletta, capital of Malta, completed and
occupied by the Knights of St. John
In 1572 Marriage of Henry of Navarre to Margaret
In 1591 The Governor of the Roanoke Island colony returns
from England, to find an empty fort and the word "Croatoan"
In 1634 Burning of Urbain Grandier for witchcraft
In 1642 First European, a Jesuit Missonary, sees Lake George, New York
In 1642 Death of Guido Reni

Thought for the day...
If we were intended to talk more than we hear,
we'd have two mouths and only one ear.

Good morning! It's 4:25am on Saturday August 19, 1995.
This is the 231st day of the year, there are 134 days left.

Happy Birthday to...
In 1646 John Flamsteed, 1st astronomer royal of England

On this day...
Vinalia in ancient Rome, feast of grape harvest
In 0014 Augustus C‘sar, 1st Roman Emperor, dies
In 0440 Death of Pope Sixtus III
In 0472 Death of Ricimer
In 1153 Baldwin III, King of Jerusalem, takes Ascalon
In 1388 OTTERBURN; Death of The Douglas
In 1399 Richard II, King of England, surrenders to Henry,
his cousin and heir and abdicates
In 1457 Andrea del Castagno, Italian painter, dies
In 1458 Election of Pius II as Pope
In 1493 Death of Frederick, III as Holy Roman Emperor;
IV as King of Germany; and V as King of Austria
In 1503 Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia) dies accidentally
of poison intended for a guest
In 1561 Mary Stuart lands in Scotland
In 1568 Pope Pius V orders a commission to deal with the
problems of missionaries in America
In 1580 Death of Andrea de Pietro, known as "Palladio," architect
In 1587 Election of Sigsimund III Vasa as King of Poland
In 1648 PRESTON (Scots defeated by English)

Thought for the day...
Better to be religious with your eloquence,
than eloquent with your religion.

Good morning! It's 4:26am on Sunday August 20, 1995.
This is the 232nd day of the year, there are 133 days left.

Happy Birthday to...
In 1561 Jacopo Peri, singer, composer
In 1591 Robert Herrick

On this day...
In 0636 HEIROMAX
In 0651 Death of St. Oswin, King of Deria (England)
In 0684 Death of St. Philibert
In 0917 ANCHIALUS (Byzantines defeated by Symeon)
In 1119 BREMULE
In 1153 Death of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, at 9:00 am
In 1191 Richard I, King of England, commands the execution
of 2500 Muslim prisoners beneath the walls of Acre
In 1205 Henry crowned Emperor of Rumania
In 1384 Gerhard Groote, founder of Brethren of the Common Life dies
In 1572 Miguel L¢pez de Legazpi, Spanish explorer of Philippines dies
In 1597 First Dutch East India Company ships return from the Far East
In 1598 A duel with rapier and dagger takes place between
Don Philip of Savoy and M. de Crecqui
In 1612 Execution of the Lancashire Witches
In 1636 Roger Williams draws up covenant for Providence Plantations
In 1640 Scots cross the Tweed into England in 2nd Bishops' War

Thought for the day...
RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!
-Arthur King who has the brain of a duck, you know...

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