Historical Events In May - 21

0143  On May - 21 earliest known date in Amer-pre Mayan king Harvest-Bergvorst installed  

0685  On this day in history battle at Nechtansmere Picten beat Northumbrians  

0685  On this day in history battle at Nechtansmere: Picten beat Northumbrians  

0878  Syracuse, Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily on this day in history.  

0879  On May - 21 pope John VIII gives blessings to duke Branimir and to Croatian people, considered to be international recognition of Croatian state.  

0987  Louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies on May - 21.  

0996  On this day in history otto the Great's Saxon grandson, now 16, is crowned Otto III 2005at Rome  

0996  On this day in history pope Gregory V crowns his cousin Otto III German emperor  

0996  On this day in history otto the Great's Saxon grandson, now 16, is crowned Otto III May 21 at Rome  

1040  On May - 21 king Henry III gives Utrecht the Groninger currency  

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1216  French crown prince Louis enters England on this day in history.  

1254  Koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26 on May - 21.  

1260  Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire sends his envoy Hao Jing and two other advisors to the Song Dynasty court of Emperor Lizong of Song; while attempting to negotiate with the Song in order to resolve their conflict, Hao Jing and his fellow emissaries are imprisoned by order of the high Chancellor of China, Jia Sidao on May - 21.  

1420  On this day in history treaty of Troyes-French King Charles VI gives France to English  

1471  King Edwards IV enters London on May - 21.  

1471  On this day in history albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker  

1481  On May - 21 christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies  

1502  Portuguese Admiral Da Nova discovers St Helena on May - 21.  

1512  Pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena on this day in history.  

1524  Thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80 on May - 21.  

1526  On May - 21 sermon of Bathe, Aargau TC evangelical theology  

1526  On May - 21 -Jun 8] Sermon of Bathe, Aargau: TC evangelical theology  

1526  Sermon of Bathe, Aargau: TC evangelical theology on this day in history.  

1527  The birth of King Philip II of Spain on this day in history.  

1527  On this day in history philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98)  

1542  On this day in history spanish explorer Hernando de Soto dies while searching for gold along the Mississippi River  

1542  On this day in history hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R  

1553  English Lady Jane Grey marries Guildford Dudley on May - 21.  

1602  On May - 21 martha's Vineyard first sighted (Captain Bartholomew Gosnold)  

1602  On May - 21 martha's Vineyard 1st sighted (Captain Bartholomew Gosnold)  

1633  On May - 21 joseph de La Barre, composer  

1639  Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1647  On this day in history pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, poet/playwright (Warenar), dies at about 65  

1650  On May - 21 james G, Marquis of Montrose, Scottish general, hanged  

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1471  On this day in history birth of albrecht Durer, Nornberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker  

1527  On May - 21 birth of philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98)  

1633  On this day in history birth of joseph de La Barre, composer  

1653  On this day in history birth of eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697)  

1671  Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer was born on May - 21.  

1680  On May - 21 birth of frederich Karl Erbach, composer  

1688  Alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock) was born on this day in history.  

1720  Antonio Corbisiero, composer was born on May - 21.  

0987  On May - 21 louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies  

1254  On this day in history koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26  

1481  Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies on May - 21.  

1512  On May - 21 death of pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena  

1524  Thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80 on this day in history.  

1542  On this day in history hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R  

1607  On May - 21 death of john Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549)  

1639  Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70 on May - 21.