Historical Events In May - 17

0218  7th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet   

0352  Liberius begins his reign as Catholic Pope replacing Julius I   

0884  St Adrian III begins his reign as Catholic Pope   

1521  Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason   

1525  Battle at Zabern duke of Lutherans beats rebels   

1525  Battle at Zabern: duke of Lutherans beats rebels   

1527  Pánfilo de Narvaéz departs to explore Florida   

1527  Pánfilo de Narváez departs to explore Florida   

1536  Anne Boleyn's 4 "lovers" executed   

1536  Anne Boleyns 4 "lovers" executed   

1544  Scottish Earl Matthew van Lennox signs secret treaty with Henry VIII   

1155  Jien: Japanese poet and historian   

1443  Edmund: Earl of rutland, brother of kings edward iv of england and richard iii of england   

1444  Sandro botticelli: Italian painter (birth of venus)   

1451  Engelbert ii: Earl of nassau-dillenburg-dietz/viceroy of luxembourg   

1490  Albrecht von hohenzollern: 1st duke of prussia   

1551  Martinus a del rio: Spanish/south neth lawyer/historian/theologist   

1551  Martin delrio: Flemish theologian and occultist   

1568  Christoph thomas walliser: Composer   

1050  Guido van arezzo: Italian music theorist,   

1189  Minamoto no yoshitsune: Japanese general (b. 1159)   

1336  Emperor go-fushimi of japan: Emperor go-fushimi of japan (b. 1288)   

1365  Louis vi the roman: Duke of bavaria and elector of brandenburg (b. 1328)   

1395  Constantine dragas: Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm   

1464  Thomas de ros: 10th baron de ros, english politician (executed) (b. 1427)   

1510  Alessandro di botticelli: Painter (birth of venus),   

1521  Edward stafford: 3rd duke of buckingham, english politician (b. 1478)