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 May - 20.   

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

1293  Earthquake strikes Kamakura Japan, 30,000 killed on May - 20.   

1303  On May - 20 treaty of Paris restores Gascony to British in Hundred Years War   

1310  On this day in history 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 this day in history rienzo calls Rome for people's tribunal   

1364  On this day in history henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], British soldier/politican   

1444  On May - 20 bernardinus van Siena, Italian saint, dies at 63   

1449  Peter, Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies on this day in history.   

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  On May - 20 christopher Columbus dies in poverty in Spain   

1506  On this day in history christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55   

1509  On this day in history catharina Sforza, Italian duchess of Forli, dies at 45   

1521  On this day in history ignatius Loyola seriously wounded by a cannon ball   

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  Melchior Bischoff, composer on May - 20.   

1554  Paulo Bellasio, composer on May - 20.   

1570  On this day in history egidius Coppens publishes Abraham Ortelius' "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum"   

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

1591  On this day in history spanish troops in Zutphen surrenders to Willem Louis/Mauritius   

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

1597  Matthijs Heldt, dies in battle on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (d. 1349)   

1364  On this day in history birth of henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], British soldier/politican   

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

1537  On May - 20 birth of hieronymus Fabricius Ab, Aquapend Italy, physician (De Formato Foetu)   

1547  Melchior Bischoff, composer was born on this day in history.   

1554  On this day in history birth of paulo Bellasio, composer   

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

1593  On this day in history birth of salomo Glassius, German theologian (d. 1656)   

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

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

1285  Death of John II of Jerusalem, King of Cyprus (b. 1259) on May - 20.   

1444  On May - 20 bernardinus van Siena, Italian saint, dies at 63   

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 May - 20.   

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

1506  On this day in history christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55