1087 German emperor Henry IV crowns his son Koenraad

1100 Burchard becomes bishop of Utrecht

1381 English boer uprising begins in Essex

1416 Jerome of Prague burned as a heretic by the Church

1431 Condemned heretic Joan of Arc is burned at the stake in Rouen, France

1434 Battle at Lipany

1498 Columbus departs with 6 ships for 3rd trip to America

1522 French troops driven out of Genoa

1527 University of Marburg (Germany) founded

1536 English king Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour

1539 Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto lands in Florida

1574 Henry III follows brother Charles IX as king of France

1574 Sea battle at Lillo Belgium (Adolf Van Haemstede vs Louis de Boisot)

1584 Earl Adolf van Nieuwenaar/Meurs becomes viceroy of Gelderland

1588 Spanish Aramada under Medina-Sidonia departs Lisbon to invade England

1631 France/Maximilian van Bavarian signs Accord of Fontainebleau

1635 Emperor Ferdinand II & Saksen sign Peace of Prague

1646 Spain & Netherlands signs temporary cease fire

1783 Benjamin Tower of Philadelphia publishes first daily newspaper in US

1793 Georges Couthon chosen member of French Committee the Salut Public

1808 Napoleon annexes Tuscany & gave it seats in French Senate

1814 The first Treaty of Paris, after Napoleon's first abdication

1842 John Francis attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria

1848 México ratifies treaty giving US; New Mexico, California & parts of Nevada, Utah, Arizona & Colorado in return for $15 million

1848 Second battle at Gioto Sardinia-Piemonte beats Austrians

1848 William G Young patents ice cream freezer cool idea

1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed Missouri Compromise opens north slavery

1854 The U S territories of Nebraska and Kansas are established

1858 Hudson Bay Company's rights to Vancouver Island revoked

1862 Battle of Booneville MS - captured General Beauregard evacuates Corinth MS

1864 Battle of Bethesda Church VA

1864 Cavalry fight at Old Church (Totopotomoy Creek) VA

1868 Memorial Day first observed when 2 women in Columbus MS placed flowers on both Confederate & Union graves

1872 Mahlon Loomis patents wireless telegraphy

1879 92º F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland OH in May

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