Events & Holidays In May - 03

Constitution Day (Poland)

Fiesta de las Cruces (Peru)

Holy Cross Day (Día de la Santa Cruz) (Mexico)

Kempo Kinenbi / Constitution Memorial Day (Japan)

La Cruz de Mayo (The cross of May) (Venezuela)

Labour Day (Queensland) (Australia)

May Day (Northern Territory) (Australia)

National Day (Poland)

Polish National Day (Australia)

World Press Freedom Day (International)

0612  Constantine III, Byzantine Emperor (d. 641) was born on this day in history.  

1415  Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1495) was born on this day in history.  

1428  On this day in history birth of pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495)  

1446  On this day in history birth of margaretha, English princess/duchess of Bourgondie  

1446  On this day in history birth of margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1503)  

1469  Niccolo Machiavelli, Italy, politician/writer (Prince) was born on this day in history.  

1514  On this day in history birth of bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], primate of Portugal  

1535  On this day in history birth of alessandro "Agnolo" Allori, Italian painter/carpet designer  

1010  Ansfried, 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about 69 on this day in history.  

1152  Death of Matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England (b. 1105) on this day in history.  

1160  On this day in history death of peter Lombard, Italian scholar and bishop (b. c.1100)  

1270  Death of King Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206) on this day in history.  

1294  Jan I, duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies on this day in history.  

1410  Alexander V, [Petros Philargi], Kreta's Pope (1409-10), dies on this day in history.  

1442  Engelbert I, Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies on this day in history.  

1481  Death of Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432) on this day in history.