Historical Events In June - 30
Friday, 22 May 2026
0296 In this year, St Marcellinus starts his reign as Catholic Pope. 

0350 Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the usurper Magnentius, in Rome 

0350 Nepotianus, Roman usurper. 

0833 Louis, king of Austria, crowned. 

0949 Otto I the Great gives away bishopdom of Utrecht "foreestrecht". 

1097 The Battle of Nicaea ends in defeat for a Muslim army at the hands of a combined force of Crusaders and Byzantine Greeks who take the Seljuk Turks' capital 

1109 Alfonso VI, (imperator totius Hispaniae), king of Leon, dies 

1294 Jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland 

1371 Arnold II of Horne chosen bishop of Utrecht 

1397 Denmark, Norway and Sweden sign Union of Kalmar under Queen Margaretha. 

1422 Battle of Arbedo between the duke of Milan and the Swiss cantons 

1468 Johan, the Standvastige, monarch of Saxon 

1470 Charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), invaded Italy 

1503 Johan Frederik, elector of Saxon (1532-47) 

1520 Spanish conquerors under Cortes take gold from Aztecs. 

1520 Montezuma II, the last Aztec emperor, killed 

1528 Burgundy army occupies Utrecht 

1538 Charles van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen, dies at 70. 

1548 Emperor Charles V orders Catholics to become Lutherans. 

1559 Duke of Montgomery wounds king Henri II during tournament 

1579 Mehmed Pasha SokoloviÃâ¡, Turkish Janissary. 

1596 English/Dutch fleet reach Cadiz. 

1598 King Philip II moves to Escorial palace 

1607 Annales Ecclesiastici (Scientific History of Catholicism) published 

1643 Battle at Atherton Moor: Royalists beat parliamentary armies 

1648 French premier cardinal Mazarin calls Saint Louis Chamber together. 

1649 Simon Vouet, French painter 

1651 The Deluge: Khmelnytsky Uprising. 

1655 Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer, dies at 81 

1662 Johannes C Verspronck, portrait painter, buried at about 64. 

1666 Adam Krieger, German composer, dies at 32 

1669 Mauritius Vogt, composer 

1685 Dominikus Zimmermann, German architect/painter (Liebfrauenkirche) 

1685 Archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 55. 

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