Historical Events In May - 20

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

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 this day in history.   

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 May - 20.   

1310  Shoes were made for both right & left feet (and we thank you) on May - 20.   

1310  On this day in history shoes were made for both right & left feet   

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

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1524  Duke of Albany leaves Scotland on this day in history.   

1537  On this day in history hieronymus Fabricius Ab, Aquapend Italy, physician (De Formato Foetu)   

1547  On this day in history melchior Bischoff, composer   

1554  Paulo Bellasio, composer on May - 20.   

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

1571  Venice, Spain & Pope Pius form anti-Turkish Saint League on this day in history.   

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

1593  On May - 20 jacob Jordaens, Flemish barok artist   

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

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

1622  Osman II, sultan of Turkey (1618-22), dies on May - 20.   

1631  German army under earl Johann Tilly conquerors Maagdenburg on this day in history.   

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

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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 May - 20 birth of henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], British soldier/politican   

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

1537  On this day in history birth of hieronymus Fabricius Ab, Aquapend Italy, physician (De Formato Foetu)   

1547  On May - 20 birth of melchior Bischoff, composer   

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

0685  On this day in history death of king Ecgfrith of Northumbria (b. 645)   

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

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

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 May - 20.   

1506  Christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55 on this day in history.