Historical Events In May - 06

0523  Thrasamunde, king of Vandalen on May - 06.  

0973  On May - 06 henry II, Roman Catholic German king/emperor (1002/14-24)  

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

1085  King Alfonso VI, of Leon conquered Toledo, dies on this day in history.  

1124  On May - 06 balak, Emir of Aleppo, murdered  

1312  Pope Clement V closes Council of Vienna on this day in history.  

1475  Dieric Bouts, Dutch painter, dies at about 64 on May - 06.  

1476  On this day in history emperor Frederik III of Habsburg & duke Charles the Stout arrange marriage of their children  

1501  Marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italy, humanist/Pope (1555, 22 days) on this day in history.  

1502  James Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower (executed) on May - 06.  

1527  Spanish & German Imperial troops sack Rome; ending the Renaissance on May - 06.  

1527  On May - 06 spanish & German Imperial troops sack Rome; ending Renaissance  

1527  Karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37 on this day in history.  

1529  Battle at Gogra Mogol emperor Babur beats Afghans & Bengals on May - 06.  

1529  Battle at Gogra: Mogol emperor Babur beats Afghans & Bengals on May - 06.  

1536  King Henry VIII, orders bible be placed in every church on this day in history.  

1540  Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

1542  On May - 06 francis Xavier reaches Old Goa, the capital of Portuguese India at the time.  

1581  On May - 06 frans Francken, the Younger, painter  

1598  On this day in history arch duke Albrecht & Isabella become monarch of Southern Netherlands  

1604  On this day in history leon VII Spanish poet's first poem is published: La Cocina.  

1606  On this day in history lorenzo Lippi, [Perlone Zipoli], poet/painter  

1626  Dutch colonist Paul Minuit buys Manhattan for $24 in trinkets on May - 06.  

1626  On this day in history dutch colonist Peter Minuit buys Manhattan Island from local Indians for 60 guilders worth of trinkets  

1631  Robert Bruce Cotton, English politician on this day in history.  

1638  Cornelius Jansen, theologian (Jansenism), dies on May - 06.  

1642  On this day in history ville Marie (Montreal) forms  

1642  Frans Francken, the Younger, Flemish painter, dies on 61st birthday on this day in history.  

1644  Johan Mauritius resigns as Governor of Brazil on May - 06.  

1648  On May - 06 battle at Zólty Wody-Bohdan Chmielricki's Cossaks beat John II Casimir  

1648  Battle at Zolty Wody-Bohdan Chmielricki's Cossaks beat John II Casimir on May - 06.  

1666  Paul Siefert, composer, dies at 79 on May - 06.  

1667  Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1672  On this day in history brandenburgs monarch Frederik Willem signs treaty with Netherlands  

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1397  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of frans Francken, the Younger, painter  

1606  Lorenzo Lippi, [Perlone Zipoli], poet/painter was born on this day in history.  

1638  Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1696) was born on May - 06.  

1713  On this day in history birth of charles Batteux, French philosopher (d. 1780)  

1758  On this day in history birth of maximilien Robespierre, Arras Fr, French revolutionary/avocat (1781)  

1759  On May - 06 birth of francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician  

0523  Death of Thrasamunde, king of Vandalen on this day in history.  

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

0988  Death of Dirk II, West Frisian count of Holland on this day in history.  

1085  King Alfonso VI, of Leon conquered Toledo, dies on May - 06.  

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

1475  On May - 06 dieric Bouts, Dutch painter, dies at about 64  

1502  Death of James Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower (executed) on this day in history.  

1527  On May - 06 karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37