Historical Events In May - 04
Monday, 27 April 2026
1006 Abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat) 

1256 The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull Licet ecclesiae catholicae 

1303 Flemings conquers Middelburg 

1415 Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus are condemned as heretics at the Council of Constance. 

1471 Battle of Tewkesbury - King Edward IV vs Ex-queen Margaretha. 

1471 Battle of Tewkesbury 

1493 Spanish Pope Alexander VI divides non-Christian world between Spain and Portugal. 

1493 Spanish Pope Alexander VI divides America between Spain and Portugal 

1494 Christopher Columbus lands in Jamaica 

1540 Venice and Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople 

1572 Veere sides with Geuzen 

1594 Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62 

1604 Claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71 

1605 Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82. 

1611 Carlo Rainaldi, composer 

1626 Dutch exlorer Peter Minuit lands on what is now Manhattan Island 

1626 Indians sell Manhattan Island for $24 in cloth and buttons 

1626 Peter Minuit is recorded as becoming director-general of New Netherlands 

1631 Mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England. 

1634 Johan van Walbeecks fleet departs to West-Indies. 

1635 Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies) 

1652 Battle at Etampes French army under Turenne beats Fronde rebels 

1652 Battle at Etampes: French army under Turenne beats Fronde rebels 

1655 Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder 

1686 Municipality of Ilagan is founded in the Philippines. 

1715 French manufacturer debuts inaugural folding umbrella (Paris France). 

1715 French manufacturer debuts 1st folding umbrella (Paris) 

1728 Georg F Handel's opera "Tolomeo, re di Egitto," premieres in London. 

1734 James Thornhill, English painter 

1738 Josef Kohaut, composer. 

1744 Marianne von Martinez, composer. 

1747 Willem IV appointed viceroy of Overijssel 

1752 Pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 71 

1763 Franz Stanislaus Spindler, composer 

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