Historical Events In May - 20

0325  On May - 20 1st Christian ecumenical council opens at Nicaea, Asia Minor   

0526  Earthquake kills 250,000 in Antioch, Syria on this day in history.   

1217  On May - 20 the Second Battle of Lincoln is fought near Lincoln, England, resulting in the defeat of Prince Louis of France by William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke.   

1277  On May - 20 john XXI, [Petrus Juliani/Hispanus], Port Pope (1276-77), dies   

1293  On this day in history earthquake strikes Kamakura Japan, 30,000 killed   

1303  Treaty of Paris restores Gascony to British in Hundred Years War on this day in history.   

1310  On May - 20 shoes were made for both right & left feet (and we thank you)   

1310  Shoes were made for both right & left feet on this day in history.   

1347  On May - 20 rienzo calls Rome for people's tribunal   

1364  Henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], British soldier/politican on this day in history.   

1444  Bernardinus van Siena, Italian saint, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1449  On May - 20 peter, Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies   

1470  Pietro Bembo, cardinal/theologian on May - 20.   

1471  Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 70-71)/France (1431-71), dies on May - 20.   

1495  French King Charles VIII leaves Naples on this day in history.   

1498  Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calcutta India on this day in history.   

1501  On this day in history joao da Nova Castell discovers Ascension Islands   

1506  Christopher Columbus dies in poverty in Spain on May - 20.   

1506  On May - 20 christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55   

1509  On May - 20 catharina Sforza, Italian duchess of Forli, dies at 45   

1521  Ignatius Loyola seriously wounded by a cannon ball on this day in history.   

1524  On this day in history duke of Albany leaves Scotland   

1537  Hieronymus Fabricius Ab, Aquapend Italy, physician (De Formato Foetu) on this day in history.   

1547  On May - 20 melchior Bischoff, composer   

1554  Paulo Bellasio, composer on May - 20.   

1570  On May - 20 egidius Coppens publishes Abraham Ortelius' "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum"   

1571  Venice, Spain & Pope Pius form anti-Turkish Saint League on May - 20.   

1591  Spanish troops in Zutphen surrenders to Willem Louis/Mauritius on May - 20.   

1593  On this day in history jacob Jordaens, Flemish barok artist   

1597  On May - 20 matthijs Heldt, dies in battle   

1609  On this day in history shakespeare's Sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by the publisher Thomas Thorpe.   

1622  On May - 20 osman II, sultan of Turkey (1618-22), dies   

1631  German army under earl Johann Tilly conquerors Maagdenburg on May - 20.   

1639  On May - 20 dorchester MA, forms first school funded by local taxes   

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1315  Bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (d. 1349) was born on May - 20.   

1364  Henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], British soldier/politican was born on this day in history.   

1470  Pietro Bembo, cardinal/theologian was born on this day in history.   

1537  Hieronymus Fabricius Ab, Aquapend Italy, physician (De Formato Foetu) was born on this day in history.   

1547  On May - 20 birth of melchior Bischoff, composer   

1554  On May - 20 birth of paulo Bellasio, composer   

1593  On May - 20 birth of jacob Jordaens, Flemish barok artist   

1593  Salomo Glassius, German theologian (d. 1656) was born on this day in history.   

0685  On May - 20 death of king Ecgfrith of Northumbria (b. 645)   

1277  On this day in history john XXI, [Petrus Juliani/Hispanus], Port Pope (1276-77), dies   

1285  On May - 20 death of john II of Jerusalem, King of Cyprus (b. 1259)   

1444  Bernardinus van Siena, Italian saint, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1449  On May - 20 peter, Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies   

1471  Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 70-71)/France (1431-71), dies on this day in history.   

1503  Death of Lorenzo de Medici, Italian patron (b. 1463) on this day in history.   

1506  On May - 20 christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55