Historical Events In May - 13

0384  Servatius/Aravatius, bishop of Tongeren, dies at 65+   

0535  In this year, St Agapitus I starts his reign as Catholic Pope   

0609  Pope Boniface I turns Pantheon into Catholic church.   

0641  Eligius (Saint Eloy) is recorded as becoming bishop of Doornik-Noyon.   

1106  Henry I of Limburg is recorded as becoming duke of Neth-Lutherans   

1110  Crusaders march into Beirut causing a bloodbath.   

1162  Géza II of Hungary.   

1265  Dante Alighieri, Italian poet is born.   

1314  Sergius of Radonesh, Russian saint   

1364  Peter Coutherel banished from Leuven.   

1381  John of Chatillon, governor/viceroy of Holland, dies.   

1390  Robert II the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90), dies   

1497  Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola.   

1559  Excavated corpse of heretic David Jorisz burned in Basel.   

1568  Mary Queen of Scots is defeated by English at battle of Langside   

1588  King Henri III flees Paris.   

1592  John Cloppenburg, vicar/theologist.   

1607  English colonists (John Smith) land near James River in Virginia.   

1607  English colonists (John Smith) lands near James River in VA.   

1619  Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, lands advocate, beheaded.   

1624  Admiral Hermites fleet blockade Lima Peru   

1637  Cardinal Richelieu of France creates the table knife.   

1643  Battle at Grantham English parliamentary armies beat royalists   

1643  Heavy earthquake strikes Santiago Chile; results in the deaths of 1/3 of population.   

1643  Battle at Grantham: English parliamentary armies beat royalists.   

1648  Construction of the Red Fort at Delhi is completed.   

1652  Ingen Ryuki invited to become the abbot of Sofokuji temple in Nagasaki   

1654  Venetian fleet under Admiral Adeler beats Turkish   

1654  Venetian fleet under Adm Adeler beats Turkish.   

1655  Innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Italy, 244th Pope (1721-24).   

1717  Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria (Wife of emperor Franz I)   

1729  Henry William (Baron) Stiegel, early American glassmaker   

1730  Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd marquis of Rockingham, Engl PM (1765-76).   

1732  Theodor Schwartzkopff, composer, dies at 72   

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1024  On this day in history birth of hugh of Cluny, French saint (d. 1109)   

1254  Maria of Brabant, queen of France (d. 1321) was born on this day in history.   

1314  Sergius of Radonesh, Russian saint was born on this day in history.   

1588  Ole Worm, Danish physician (d. 1654) was born on May - 13.   

1592  On May - 13 birth of john Cloppenburg, vicar/theologist   

1638  On May - 13 birth of richard Simon, French Biblical critic (d. 1712)   

1655  Innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Italy, 244th Pope (1721-24) was born on May - 13.   

1699  On May - 13 birth of marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1782)   

0384  Servatius/Aravatius, bishop of Tongeren, dies at 65+ on this day in history.   

1162  On May - 13 death of géza II of Hungary   

1176  On this day in history death of matthias I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1119)   

1312  Death of Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1263) on this day in history.   

1381  John of Chatillon, governor/viceroy of Holland, dies on May - 13.   

1390  Robert II the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90), dies on May - 13.   

1573  Death of Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (b. 1521) on this day in history.   

1619  On this day in history death of johan van Oldenbarnevelt, lands advocate, beheaded