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May 25. May 25 is the 145th day of the year (146th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 220 days remain until the end of the year.
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May 24. May 24 is the 144th day of the year (145th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 221 days remain until the end of the year.
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May 25. May 25 is the 145th day of the year (146th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 220 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 567 BC ??? Servius Tullius, the king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans. 240 BC ??? First recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. 1085 ??? Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo, Spain, back from the Moors. 1420 ??? Henry the Navigator is appointed governor of the Order of Christ. 1521 ??? The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw. 1601???1900 1644 ??? Ming general Wu Sangui forms an alliance with the invading Manchus and opens the gates of the Great Wall of China at Shanhaiguan pass, letting the Manchus through towards...
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May 24. May 24 is the 144th day of the year (145th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 221 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 919 ??? The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom. 1218 ??? The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 ??? Magnus Ladul??s is crowned King of Sweden in Uppsala Cathedral. 1487 ??? The ten-year-old Lambert Simnel is crowned in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland, with the name of Edward VI in a bid to threaten King Henry VII's reign. 1567 ??? Erik XIV of Sweden and his guards murder five incarcerated Swedish nobles. 1595 ??? Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library. 1601...
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May 23. May 23 is the 143rd day of the year (144th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 222 days remain until the end of the year.
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May 23. May 23 is the 143rd day of the year (144th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 222 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 1430 ??? Joan of Arc is captured at the Siege of Compi??gne by troops from the Burgundian faction. 1498 ??? Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy. 1533 ??? The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void. 1568 ??? Dutch rebels led by Louis of Nassau, defeat Jean de Ligne, Duke of Arenberg, and his loyalist troops in the Battle of Heiligerlee, opening the Eighty Years' War. 1601???1900 1609 ??? Official ratification of the Second Virginia Charter takes place. 1618 ??? The Second Defenestration of Prague precipitates the Thirty Years' War. 1706 ??? John Churchill,...
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May 22. May 22 is the 142nd day of the year (143rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 223 days remain until the end of the year.
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May 22. May 22 is the 142nd day of the year (143rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 223 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 192 ??? Dong Zhuo is assassinated by his adopted son L?? Bu. 760 ??? Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. 853 ??? A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt. 1176 ??? The Hashshashin (Assassins) attempt to assassinate Saladin near Aleppo. 1200 ??? King John of England and King Philip II of France sign the Treaty of Le Goulet. 1246 ??? Henry Raspe is elected anti-king of the Kingdom of Germany in opposition to Conrad IV. 1254 ??? Serbian King Stefan Uro?? I and the Republic of Venice sign a peace treaty. 1370 ??? Brussels massacre: An estimated 13 Jews are murdered and the rest of the Jewish community is banished from Brussels, Belgium, for allegedly desecrating...
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May 21. May 21 is the 141st day of the year (142nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 224 days remain until the end of the year.
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May 20. May 20 is the 140th day of the year (141st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 225 days remain until the end of the year.
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May 21. May 21 is the 141st day of the year (142nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 224 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 293 ??? Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian appoint Galerius as Caesar to Diocletian, beginning the period of four rulers known as the Tetrarchy. 878 ??? Syracuse, Sicily, is captured by the Muslim Aghlabids after a nine-month siege. 879 ??? Pope John VIII gives blessings to Branimir of Croatia and to the Croatian people, considered to be international recognition of the Croatian state. 996 ??? Sixteen-year-old Otto III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1349 ??? Du??an's Code, the constitution of the Serbian Empire, is enacted by Du??an the Mighty. 1403 ??? Henry III of Castile sends Ruy Gonz??lez de Clavijo as ambassador to Timur to discuss the possibility of an alliance between Timur and Castile against...
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May 20. May 20 is the 140th day of the year (141st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 225 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 325 ??? The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church. 491 ??? Empress Ariadne marries Anastasius I. The widowed Augusta is able to choose her successor for the Byzantine throne, after Zeno (late emperor) dies of dysentery. 685 ??? The Battle of Dun Nechtain is fought between a Pictish army under King Bridei III and the invading Northumbrians under King Ecgfrith, who are decisively defeated. 794 ??? While visiting the royal Mercian court at Sutton Walls with a view to marrying princess ??lfthryth, King ??thelberht II of East Anglia is taken captive and beheaded. 1217 ??? The Second Battle of Lincoln is fought near Lincoln, England, resulting in the...
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May 17. May 17 is the 137th day of the year (138th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 228 days remain until the end of the year.
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May 19. May 19 is the 139th day of the year (140th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 226 days remain until the end of the year.
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May 19. May 19 is the 139th day of the year (140th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 226 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 639 ??? Ashina Jiesheshuai and his tribesmen assaulted Emperor Taizong at Jiucheng Palace. 715 ??? Pope Gregory II is elected. 934 ??? The Byzantine Empire reconquers Melitene under the leadership of John Kourkouas. 1051 ??? Henry I of France marries the Rus' princess, Anne of Kiev. 1445 ??? John II of Castile defeats the Infantes of Aragon at the First Battle of Olmedo. 1499 ??? Catherine of Aragon is married by proxy to Arthur, Prince of Wales. Catherine is 13 and Arthur is 12. 1535 ??? French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships, 110 men, and Chief Donnacona's two sons (whom Cartier had kidnapped during his first voyage). 1536 ??? Anne Boleyn...
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May 18. May 18 is the 138th day of the year (139th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 227 days remain until the end of the year.
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May 18. May 18 is the 138th day of the year (139th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 227 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 332 ??? Emperor Constantine the Great announces free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople. 872 ??? Louis II of Italy is crowned for the second time as Holy Roman Emperor at Rome, at the age of 47. His first coronation was 28 years earlier, in 844, during the reign of his father Lothair I. 1096 ??? First Crusade: Around 800 Jews are massacred in Worms, Germany. 1152 ??? The future Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. He would become king two years later, after the death of his cousin once removed King Stephen of England. 1268 ??? The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Siege of Antioch. 1291 ??? Fall of Acre, the end of Crusader presence...
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May 17. May 17 is the 137th day of the year (138th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 228 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 1395 ??? Battle of Rovine: The Wallachians defeat an invading Ottoman army. 1521 ??? Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason. 1527 ??? P??nfilo de Narv??ez departs Spain to explore Florida with 600 men ??? by 1536 only four survive. 1536 ??? George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford and four other men are executed for treason. 1536 ??? Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn's marriage is annulled. 1590 ??? Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of Scotland. 1601???1900 1642 ??? Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve founds the Ville Marie de Montr??al. 1648 ??? An allied French and Swedish army defeats Imperial...
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May 16. May 16 is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 229 days remain until the end of the year.
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May 16. May 16 is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 229 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 946 ??? Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan. 1204 ??? Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. 1364 ??? Hundred Years' War: Bertrand du Guesclin and a French army defeat the Anglo-Navarrese army of Charles the Bad at Cocherel. 1426 ??? Gov. Thado of Mohnyin becomes King of Ava. 1527 ??? The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes itself as a republic. 1532 ??? Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England. 1568 ??? Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England. 1584 ??? Santiago de Vera becomes sixth governor-general of the Spanish colony of the...
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May 15. May 15 is the 135th day of the year (136th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 230 days remain until the end of the year.
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May 15. May 15 is the 135th day of the year (136th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 230 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 221 ??? Liu Bei, Chinese warlord, proclaims himself emperor of Shu Han, the successor of the Han dynasty. 392 ??? Emperor Valentinian II is assassinated while advancing into Gaul against the Frankish usurper Arbogast. He is found hanging in his residence at Vienne. 589 ??? King Authari marries Theodelinda, daughter of the Bavarian duke Garibald I. A Catholic, she has great influence among the Lombard nobility. 756 ??? Abd al-Rahman I, the founder of the Arab dynasty that ruled the greater part of Iberia for nearly three centuries, becomes emir of Cordova, Spain. 1252 ??? Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad extirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the...
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May 14. May 14 is the 134th day of the year (135th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 231 days remain until the end of the year.
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May 14. May 14 is the 134th day of the year (135th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 231 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 1027 ??? Robert II of France names his son Henry I as junior King of the Franks. 1097 ??? The Siege of Nicaea begins during the First Crusade. 1264 ??? Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the effective ruler of England. 1465 ??? During the 1465 Moroccan revolution which overthrows the Marinid dynasty, the Jewish mellah is attacked by the population of Fez, though the extent of the massacre is debated. 1509 ??? Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Republic of Venice. 1601???1900 1607 ??? English colonists establish "James...
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