History Trivia

January 31, in the early 9th century, several men supposedly stole the body of St. Mark from Alexandria and transferred it to Venice. 314 Silvester I began his reign as Pope of the Catholic Church, succeeding Pope Miltiades. 1504 France ceded Naples to Aragon. 1606 Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes was executed for his plotting against Parliament and James I of England. Guy Fawkes and fellow surviving Gunpowder Plotters were hanged, drawn and quartered at Westminster.