Historical Events In May - 09

0328  Athanasius is elected Patriarch bishop of Alexandria.   

1092  Lincoln Cathedral consecrated   

1336  Italian poet Francesco Petrarca climbs Mont Ventoux   

1386  Treaty of Windsor between Portugal-England   

1450  'Abd al-Latif (Timurid monarch) is assassinated.   

1460  Court yard episcopal palace Atrecht has witch burnings   

1502  Columbus left Spain on his 4th &final trip to New World   

1519  Austrian ade/ urgerij in uprising against central government   

1573  Polish Parliament selects duke of Anjou as king   

1588  Duke Henri de Guises troops occupy Paris France   

1588  Duke Henri de Guises troops occupy Paris   

1147  Minamoto no yoritomo: Japanese shogun   

1265  Dante alighieri: Italian poet (divina commedia)   

1596  Abraham van diepenbeeck: Painter   

1738  John pindar: [peter], physician/poet   

1740  Giovanni paisiello: Italian composer (barber of seville)   

1783  Alexander ross: Canada, pioneer/fur trader   

1785  James pollard espy: Penns, meteorologist (philosphy of storms)   

1793  Johannes c de jonge: Dutch historian/archivist   

1079  Stanislaus: Polish bishop of cracow, murdered   

1280  Magnus vi lagaboeter: King of norway (1263-80),   

1315  Hugh v: Duke of burgundy (b. 1282)   

1443  Niccolo d'albergati: Italian cardinal,   

1446  Mary of enghien: Queen of naples (b. 1368)   

1460  Jean lavite: Atrechts painter,   

1474  Peter van hagenbach: Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded   

1590  Karel "cardinal" van bourbon: Archbishop of rouen,