Historical Events In May - 20

0325  1st Christian ecumenical council opens at Nicaea, Asia Minor on this day in history.  

0526  On May - 20 earthquake kills 250,000 in Antioch, Syria  

1217  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 on May - 20.  

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

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

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  On May - 20 shoes were made for both right & left feet  

1347  Rienzo calls Rome for people's tribunal on this day in history.  

1364  On May - 20 henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], British soldier/politican  

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1444  On this day in history bernardinus van Siena, Italian saint, dies at 63  

1449  Peter, Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies on May - 20.  

1470  On May - 20 pietro Bembo, cardinal/theologian  

1471  On May - 20 henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 70-71)/France (1431-71), dies  

1495  French King Charles VIII leaves Naples on May - 20.  

1498  On May - 20 portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calcutta India  

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  Christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55 on May - 20.  

1509  Catharina Sforza, Italian duchess of Forli, dies at 45 on this day in history.  

1521  On May - 20 ignatius Loyola seriously wounded by a cannon ball  

1524  Duke of Albany leaves Scotland on May - 20.  

1537  Hieronymus Fabricius Ab, Aquapend Italy, physician (De Formato Foetu) on May - 20.  

1547  On this day in history melchior Bischoff, composer  

1554  On this day in history paulo Bellasio, composer  

1570  Egidius Coppens publishes Abraham Ortelius' "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" on this day in history.  

1571  On May - 20 venice, Spain & Pope Pius form anti-Turkish Saint League  

1591  On May - 20 spanish troops in Zutphen surrenders to Willem Louis/Mauritius  

1593  Jacob Jordaens, Flemish barok artist on May - 20.  

1597  Matthijs Heldt, dies in battle on May - 20.  

1609  Shakespeare's Sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by the publisher Thomas Thorpe on May - 20.  

1622  On this day in history osman II, sultan of Turkey (1618-22), dies  

1631  On May - 20 german army under earl Johann Tilly conquerors Maagdenburg  

1639  Dorchester MA, forms first school funded by local taxes on May - 20.  

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1315  Bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (d. 1349) was born on this day in history.  

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

1470  On May - 20 birth of pietro Bembo, cardinal/theologian  

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

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

1554  Paulo Bellasio, composer was born on this day in history.  

1593  Jacob Jordaens, Flemish barok artist was born on this day in history.  

1593  Salomo Glassius, German theologian (d. 1656) was born on May - 20.  

0685  Death of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria (b. 645) on this day in history.  

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

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  Peter, Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies on May - 20.  

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

1503  On May - 20 death of lorenzo de Medici, Italian patron (b. 1463)  

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