Historical Events In May - 06

0523  Thrasamunde, king of Vandalen   

0973  Henry II, Roman Catholic German king/emperor (1002/14-24).   

0988  Dirk II, West Frisian count of Holland   

1085  King Alfonso VI, of Leon conquered Toledo, dies.   

1124  Balak, Emir of Aleppo, murdered.   

1312  Pope Clement V closes Council of Vienna.   

1475  Dieric Bouts, Dutch painter, dies at about 64   

1476  Emperor Frederik III of Habsburg and duke Charles the Stout arrange marriage of their children   

1501  Marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italy, humanist/Pope (1555, 22 days).   

1502  James Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower (executed)   

1527  Spanish and German Imperial troops sack Rome; ending the Renaissance.   

1527  Spanish and German Imperial troops sack Rome; ending Renaissance.   

1527  Karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37   

1529  Battle at Gogra Mogol emperor Babur beats Afghans and Bengals.   

1529  Battle at Gogra: Mogol emperor Babur beats Afghans and Bengals.   

1536  King Henry VIII, orders bible be placed in every church.   

1540  Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48   

1542  Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa, the capital of Portuguese India at the time.   

1581  Frans Francken, the Younger, painter.   

1598  Arch duke Albrecht and Isabella become monarch of Southern Netherlands   

1604  Leon VII Spanish poet's inaugural poem is published: La Cocina   

1606  Lorenzo Lippi, [Perlone Zipoli], poet/painter   

1626  Dutch colonist Paul Minuit buys Manhattan for $24 in trinkets   

1626  Dutch colonist Peter Minuit buys Manhattan Island from local Indians for 60 guilders worth of trinkets.   

1631  Robert Bruce Cotton, English politician.   

1638  Cornelius Jansen, theologian (Jansenism), dies.   

1642  Ville Marie (Montreal) forms.   

1642  Frans Francken, the Younger, Flemish painter, dies on 61st birthday.   

1644  Johan Mauritius steps down as Governor of Brazil.   

1648  Battle at Zolty Wody-Bohdan Chmielricki's Cossaks beat John II Casimir   

1666  Paul Siefert, composer, dies at 79   

1667  Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer, dies at 50.   

1672  Brandenburgs monarch Frederik Willem signs treaty with Netherlands   

1678  Joseph de La Barre, composer, dies at 44   

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1397  On May - 06 birth of sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (d. 1450)   

1501  Marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italy, humanist/Pope (1555, 22 days) was born on May - 06.   

1581  Frans Francken, the Younger, painter was born on this day in history.   

1606  On May - 06 birth of lorenzo Lippi, [Perlone Zipoli], poet/painter   

1638  On this day in history birth of henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1696)   

1713  Charles Batteux, French philosopher (d. 1780) was born on May - 06.   

1758  On May - 06 birth of maximilien Robespierre, Arras Fr, French revolutionary/avocat (1781)   

1759  Francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician was born on this day in history.   

0523  On this day in history death of thrasamunde, king of Vandalen   

0680  Death of Muawiyah I, caliph (b. 602) on May - 06.   

0988  Death of Dirk II, West Frisian count of Holland on May - 06.   

1085  On this day in history king Alfonso VI, of Leon conquered Toledo, dies   

1124  Death of Balak, Emir of Aleppo, murdered on this day in history.   

1475  On this day in history dieric Bouts, Dutch painter, dies at about 64   

1502  On May - 06 death of james Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower (executed)   

1527  On this day in history karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37