Historical Events In May - 06

0523  On this day in history thrasamunde, king of Vandalen   

0973  On this day in history henry II, Roman Catholic German king/emperor (1002/14-24)   

0988  Dirk II, West Frisian count of Holland on this day in history.   

1085  On May - 06 king Alfonso VI, of Leon conquered Toledo, dies   

1124  On May - 06 balak, Emir of Aleppo, murdered   

1312  Pope Clement V closes Council of Vienna on this day in history.   

1475  Dieric Bouts, Dutch painter, dies at about 64 on May - 06.   

1476  On this day in history emperor Frederik III of Habsburg & duke Charles the Stout arrange marriage of their children   

1501  Marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italy, humanist/Pope (1555, 22 days) on this day in history.   

1502  James Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower (executed) on May - 06.   

1527  On May - 06 spanish & German Imperial troops sack Rome; ending the Renaissance   

1527  On May - 06 spanish & German Imperial troops sack Rome; ending Renaissance   

1527  Karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1529  Battle at Gogra Mogol emperor Babur beats Afghans & Bengals on May - 06.   

1529  On this day in history battle at Gogra: Mogol emperor Babur beats Afghans & Bengals   

1536  On May - 06 king Henry VIII, orders bible be placed in every church   

1540  On this day in history jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48   

1542  Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa, the capital of Portuguese India at the time on this day in history.   

1581  Frans Francken, the Younger, painter on this day in history.   

1598  Arch duke Albrecht & Isabella become monarch of Southern Netherlands on this day in history.   

1604  On May - 06 leon VII Spanish poet's first poem is published: La Cocina.   

1606  On this day in history lorenzo Lippi, [Perlone Zipoli], poet/painter   

1626  On this day in history dutch colonist Paul Minuit buys Manhattan for $24 in trinkets   

1626  Dutch colonist Peter Minuit buys Manhattan Island from local Indians for 60 guilders worth of trinkets on this day in history.   

1631  Robert Bruce Cotton, English politician on this day in history.   

1638  Cornelius Jansen, theologian (Jansenism), dies on May - 06.   

1642  On this day in history ville Marie (Montreal) forms   

1642  Frans Francken, the Younger, Flemish painter, dies on 61st birthday on this day in history.   

1644  On this day in history johan Mauritius resigns as Governor of Brazil   

1648  On this day in history battle at Zólty Wody-Bohdan Chmielricki's Cossaks beat John II Casimir   

1648  On May - 06 battle at Zolty Wody-Bohdan Chmielricki's Cossaks beat John II Casimir   

1666  Paul Siefert, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1667  On May - 06 johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer, dies at 50   

1672  Brandenburgs monarch Frederik Willem signs treaty with Netherlands on this day in history.   

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1397  Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (d. 1450) was born on this day in history.   

1501  On May - 06 birth of marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italy, humanist/Pope (1555, 22 days)   

1581  On this day in history birth of frans Francken, the Younger, painter   

1606  Lorenzo Lippi, [Perlone Zipoli], poet/painter was born on this day in history.   

1638  On this day in history birth of henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1696)   

1713  On May - 06 birth of charles Batteux, French philosopher (d. 1780)   

1758  On this day in history birth of maximilien Robespierre, Arras Fr, French revolutionary/avocat (1781)   

1759  Francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician was born on May - 06.   

0523  Death of Thrasamunde, king of Vandalen on May - 06.   

0680  Death of Muawiyah I, caliph (b. 602) on May - 06.   

0988  On May - 06 death of dirk II, West Frisian count of Holland   

1085  On May - 06 king Alfonso VI, of Leon conquered Toledo, dies   

1124  Death of Balak, Emir of Aleppo, murdered on this day in history.   

1475  Dieric Bouts, Dutch painter, dies at about 64 on May - 06.   

1502  Death of James Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower (executed) on this day in history.   

1527  On this day in history karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37