November 11
887 Asser began Instructing King
Alfred. The Welsh monk who taught and counseled the King, became his friend and
biographer, and began teaching him Latin on St. Martin's Day. Alfred went on to
translate the work of Boethius into English.
1050 AD Henry IV was born. He was King of Germany 1056-1106, who tried
to depose Pope Gregory VII, and had to stand barefoot in the snow for three
days before Gregory would pardon him, although Henry got his revenge later.
1572 Tycho's Nova. Danish astronomer Tycho
Brahe observed the Nova Cassiopeiae and, although other observers claimed to
have spotted it earlier, his precise measurements revealed it was a distant
phenomenon and that changes could occur among stars.
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