Historical Events In May - 01
Saturday, 14 March 2026
0305 Emperor Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus Jovius of Rome steps down 

0526 Antioch earthquake in Byzantine Empire (now Turkey) killing =300000 people 

1006 Supernova observed by Chinese and Egyptians in constellation Lupus. 

1048 Bishop Bernold flees St Pieterskerk for Utrecht Netherlands. 

1048 Bishop Bernold flees St Pieterskerk for Utrecht Neth 

1171 Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies 

1238 Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80). 

1240 Jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals. 

1277 Stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies 

1308 Albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered 

1328 Wars of Scottish Independence end: Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton. 

1394 Ekiho, exorcised the Zen temple and it's surroundings from an old badger. 

1447 Louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies 

1456 Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies 

1471 Thomas a Kempis, spiritual writer (Navolging of Christ), dies at 91. 

1493 Phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10). 

1523 Danish king Christian III arrives in Veere. 

1528 Pánfilo the Narváez begins exploration to with 350 men to Florida. 

1544 Turkish troops occupy Hungary. 

1545 Franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist. 

1551 Council of Trente resumes 

1555 Marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italian Pope (1555), dies at 53 

1567 Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter 

1572 Pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri], great-inquisiteur/Pope (1566-72), dies. 

1576 Stefan Batory, the reigning Prince of Transylvania, marries Anna Jagiellon and they become the co-rulers of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. 

1577 Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer 

1582 Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer. 

1592 Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionaries/astronomer. 

1594 John Haynes, Massachusetts colonial magistrate 

1598 Jacob van Necks merchant fleet departs for Java. 

1625 Portuguese and Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador (Bahia) 

1625 Prince Frederik Henry appointed viceroy of Holland 

1628 Meiboom in Quincy MA degenerates into orgy with Indian women 

1672 Joseph Addison, England, essayist (Spectator). 

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