Historical Events In May - 20

0325  1st Christian ecumenical council opens at Nicaea, Asia Minor   

0526  Earthquake results in the deaths of 250000 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.   

1277  John XXI, [Petrus Juliani/Hispanus], Port Pope (1276-77), dies.   

1293  Earthquake strikes Kamakura Japan, 30000 killed.   

1303  Treaty of Paris restores Gascony to British in Hundred Years War.   

1310  Shoes were made for both right and left feet (and we thank you)   

1310  Shoes were made for both right and left feet   

1347  Rienzo calls Rome for people's tribunal.   

1364  Henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], British soldier/politican.   

1444  Bernardinus van Siena, Italian saint, dies at 63   

1449  Peter, Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies.   

1470  Pietro Bembo, cardinal/theologian.   

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

1495  French King Charles VIII leaves Naples.   

1498  Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calcutta India   

1501  Joao da Nova Castell discovers Ascension Islands   

1506  Christopher Columbus dies in poverty in Spain.   

1506  Christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55   

1509  Catharina Sforza, Italian duchess of Forli, dies at 45   

1521  Ignatius Loyola seriously wounded by a cannon ball   

1524  Duke of Albany leaves Scotland   

1537  Hieronymus Fabricius Ab, Aquapend Italy, physician (De Formato Foetu)   

1547  Melchior Bischoff, composer.   

1554  Paulo Bellasio, composer.   

1570  In this year, Egidius Coppens publishes Abraham Ortelius' "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum".   

1571  Venice, Spain and Pope Pius form anti-Turkish Saint League.   

1591  Spanish troops in Zutphen surrenders to Willem Louis/Mauritius.   

1593  Jacob Jordaens, Flemish barok artist.   

1597  Matthijs Heldt, dies in battle.   

1609  Shakespeare's Sonnets are inaugural published in London, perhaps illicitly, by the publisher Thomas Thorpe   

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

1631  German army under earl Johann Tilly conquerors Maagdenburg   

1639  Dorchester MA, forms inaugural 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  Henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], British soldier/politican was born on May - 20.   

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

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

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

1593  On May - 20 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  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  Death of Lorenzo de Medici, Italian patron (b. 1463) on this day in history.   

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