Historical Events In May - 18
Tuesday, 20 January 2026
0526 John I, Pope (523-26), dies. 

1096 Crusaders massacre Jews of Worm. 

1152 Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. 

1160 Erik IX Helgi, [The Saint], King of Sweden, dies. 

1268 The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Battle of Antioch 

1291 Sultan of Egypt and his son take last Christian stronghold of Acre. 

1302 Trades people assault on French garrison (Brugse Metten) 

1385 Peace of Doornik Gent and Louis van Thoughts 

1385 Peace of Doornik: Gent and Louis van Thoughts 

1401 Władysław Opolczyk (German: Ladislaus von Oppel, count palatine of Hungary 1367-1372, governor of Halych-Volhynia 1372 

1410 Ruprecht, Roman catholics German king, dies 

1536 Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII of England, is beheaded after being convicted for adultery 

1587 Felix van Cantalice, Italian saint, dies. 

1588 The Spanish Armada sets sail for England; it is defeated by England the following August 

1593 Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe 

1596 Willem Barents leaves Amsterdam for Novaya Zemlya. 

1619 Hugo the Great sentenced to life in prison 

1625 Francisco Gomez de Sandoval y Rojas, Spanish marquis of Denia, dies 

1631 English colony Massachusetts Bay grants puritarian voting right 

1631 John Winthrop is elected inaugural governor of Massachusetts 

1642 The Canadian City of Montreal is founded. 

1642 Montreal Canada founded 

1643 Delegates from four New England colonies meet in Boston to form a confederation 

1652 Rhode Island enacts inaugural law declaring slavery illegal 

1652 Rhode Island enacts 1st law declaring slavery illegal 

1653 Carel Reyniersz, gov-gen (Neth East Indies), dies at 48. 

1675 Jacques Marquette jesuit/missionaries (Chicago), dies at 37 

1692 Joseph Butler, Wantage Berkshire, theologian. 

1692 Elias Ashmole, antiquary, dies 

1703 Dutch and English troops occupy Cologne. 

1711 Ruggiero G Boscovich, [Rudzer J Boskovic], Italian astronomer 

1724 Johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch doctor for deaf-mutes, dies at 54. 

1733 Georg Bohm, German organist/composer, dies at 71. 

1744 Joseph Beer, Bohemia clarinetist/composer (5th clarinet flap). 

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Next Page »
Hisdates•Com
Home