Historical Events In May - 13

0535  St Agapitus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope   

0609  Pope Boniface I turns Pantheon into Catholic church   

0641  Eligius (Saint Eloy) becomes bishop of Doornik-Noyon   

1106  Henry I of Limburg becomes duke of Neth-Lutherans   

1110  Crusaders march into Beirut causing a bloodbath   

1265  The birth of Dante Alighieri, Italian poet   

1364  Peter Coutherel banished from Leuven   

1497  Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola   

1559  Excavated corpse of heretic David Jorisz burned in Basel   

1568  Mary Queen of Scots is defeated by English at battle of Langside   

1588  King Henri III flees Paris   

1024  Hugh of cluny: French saint   

1254  Maria of brabant: Queen of france   

1314  Sergius of radonesh: Russian saint   

1588  Ole worm: Danish physician   

1592  John cloppenburg: Vicar/theologist   

1638  Richard simon: French biblical critic   

1655  Innocent xiii: [michelangiolo dei conti], italy, 244th pope (1721-24)   

1699  Marquis of pombal: Prime minister of portugal   

0384  Servatius/aravatius: Bishop of tongeren,   

1162  G�za ii of hungary: G�za ii of hungary   

1176  Matthias i: Duke of lorraine (b. 1119)   

1312  Theobald ii: Duke of lorraine (b. 1263)   

1381  John of chatillon: Governor/viceroy of holland,   

1390  Robert ii the steward: King of scotland (1371-90),   

1573  Takeda shingen: Japanese warlord (b. 1521)   

1619  Johan van oldenbarnevelt: Lands advocate, beheaded