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Jan 01   Caspar Cruciger, German church reformer on this day in history.  Share it »

Jan 01   On this day in history king Louis XII loses last bulwark in Naples, Caeta  Share it »

Jan 17   Pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri] saint, pope (1566-72) on this day in history.  Share it »

Jan 31   On this day in history by treaty of Lyons, French cede Naples to Ferdinand of Aragon  Share it »

Feb 29   On this day in history christopher Columbus uses a lunar eclipse to frighten hostile Jamaican natives into providing his crew with food.  Share it »

Feb 29   Columbus uses a lunar eclipse to frighten hostile Jamaican Indians on this day in history.  Share it »

Mar 31   France & Spain signs ceasefire on this day in history.  Share it »

Mar 31   France and Spain signs ceasefire on this day in history.  Share it »

Apr 01   On this day in history english guilds/corp goes under state control  Share it »

Apr 18   Filippino Lippi, painter, dies at about 52 on this day in history.  Share it »

Apr 23   On this day in history king Maximilian I routes troops to Bavaria  Share it »

May 05   On this day in history anton of Burgundy, the Great Bastard, knight, dies at about 82  Share it »

May 31   Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz, dies on this day in history.  Share it »

Jun 02   George/Joris van Egmont, bishop of Utrecht on this day in history.  Share it »

Jul 02   On this day in history stefanus III Bogdanowitsj, ruler of Moldavia (1457-1504), dies  Share it »

Aug 06   On this day in history matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury  Share it »

Aug 19   Battle of Knockdoe on this day in history.  Share it »

Sep 08   Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Florence on this day in history.  Share it »

Sep 13   On this day in history queen Isabella and King Ferdinand issue a Royal Warrant for the construction of a Royal Chapel (Capilla Real) to be built.  Share it »

Sep 22   Settle engagement of Karel of Luxembourg & Claudia the Beaujeu on this day in history.  Share it »

Oct 12   On this day in history queen Isabella I of Spain signs her testament  Share it »

Nov 13   On this day in history philip the Generous, landgrave of Hesse  Share it »

Jan 01   Caspar Cruciger, German church reformer was born on this day in history.  Share it »

Jan 17   On this day in history birth of pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri] saint, pope (1566-72)  Share it »

Mar 31   Guru Angad Dev, second Sikh guru (d. 1552) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

Jun 02   George/Joris van Egmont, bishop of Utrecht was born on this day in history.  Share it »

Jul 18   On this day in history birth of heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (d. 1575)  Share it »

Aug 06   On this day in history birth of matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury  Share it »

Nov 13   Philip the Generous, landgrave of Hesse was born on this day in history.  Share it »

Nov 13   On this day in history birth of philipp I of Hesse (d. 1567)  Share it »

Apr 18   Filippino Lippi, painter, dies at about 52 on this day in history.  Share it »

May 05   Anton of Burgundy, the Great Bastard, knight, dies at about 82 on this day in history.  Share it »

May 31   Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz, dies on this day in history.  Share it »

Jul 02   Stefanus III Bogdanowitsj, ruler of Moldavia (1457-1504), dies on this day in history.  Share it »

Nov 09   On this day in history death of king Ferdinand II of Aragon (b. 1452)  Share it »

Nov 26   Queen Isabella I of Castile (b. 1451) died on this day in history.  Share it »

Dec 21   On this day in history death of bertold von Henneberg-Römhild, German archbishop and elector (b. 1442)  Share it »