Saturday, February 25, 2012

History Trivia

February 25,777 Saint Walburga, patroness of sailors because her prayers calmed a stormy sea, and thereby saving a ship caught in its wake, died. 1570 Elizabeth I was declared a heretic by Pope Pius V.1601 Robert Devereux, the second Earl of Essex and former favorite of Elizabeth I, was beheaded in the Tower of London for high treason.

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