Historical Events In May - 21

0143  On May - 21 earliest known date in Amer-pre Mayan king Harvest-Bergvorst installed  

0685  Battle at Nechtansmere Picten beat Northumbrians on May - 21.  

0685  Battle at Nechtansmere: Picten beat Northumbrians today in history.  

0878  On May - 21 syracuse, Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily.  

0879  Pope John VIII gives blessings to duke Branimir and to Croatian people, considered to be international recognition of Croatian state on this day in history.  

0996  Otto the Great's Saxon grandson, now 16, is crowned Otto III 2005at Rome today in history.  

0996  Today in history pope Gregory V crowns his cousin Otto III German emperor  

0996  On May - 21 otto the Great's Saxon grandson, now 16, is crowned Otto III May 21 at Rome  

1040  Today in history king Henry III gives Utrecht the Groninger currency  

1216  French crown prince Louis enters England today in history.  

1260  Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire sends his envoy Hao Jing and two other advisors to the Song Dynasty court of Emperor Lizong of Song; while attempting to negotiate with the Song in order to resolve their conflict, Hao Jing and his fellow emissaries are imprisoned by order of the high Chancellor of China, Jia Sidao on May - 21.  

1471  Albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker was born on May - 21.  

1527  Today in history birth of philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98)  

1633  Joseph de La Barre, composer was born on May - 21.  

1653  Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697) was born today in history.  

1671  On May - 21 birth of azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer  

1680  Frederich Karl Erbach, composer was born on May - 21.  

1688  On this day in history birth of alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock)  

1720  On May - 21 birth of antonio Corbisiero, composer  

0987  Louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies on this day in history.  

1254  Koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26 on May - 21.  

1481  On this day in history christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies  

1512  Death of Pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena on this day in history.  

1524  Today in history thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80  

1542  On May - 21 hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R  

1607  Death of John Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549) on this day in history.  

1639  Today in history giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70