History Trivia

May 23, 1275 King Edward I of England ordered the cessation of persecution of French Jews. 1430 Joan of Arc was captured at Compiegne & sold to the British. 1498 Girolamo Savonarola was burned at the stake in Florence, Italy, on the orders of Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia). 1533 The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon was declared null and void.