Historical Events In May - 09

0328  Athanasius is elected Patriarch bishop of Alexandria   

1079  Stanislaus, Polish bishop of Cracow, murdered   

1092  Lincoln Cathedral consecrated   

1265  Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (Divina Commedia)   

1280  Magnus VI Lagaboeter, King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42.   

1336  Italian poet Francesco Petrarca climbs Mont Ventoux   

1386  Treaty of Windsor between Portugal-England   

1443  Niccolo d'Albergati, Italian cardinal, dies   

1450  'Abd al-Latif (Timurid monarch) is assassinated   

1460  Court yard episcopal palace Atrecht has witch burnings   

1460  Jean Lavite, Atrechts painter, dies   

1474  Peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded.   

1502  Columbus left Spain on his 4th and final trip to New World.   

1519  Austrian adel/burgerij in uprising against central government   

1573  Polish Parliament selects duke of Anjou as king   

1588  Duke Henri de Guises troops occupy Paris France.   

1588  Duke Henri de Guises troops occupy Paris.   

1590  Karel "Cardinal" van Bourbon, archbishop of Rouen, dies at 66.   

1596  Abraham van Diepenbeeck, painter   

1657  William Bradford, Governor (Plymouth Colony, Mass), dies   

1667  Marie Louise de Gonzague-Nevers, French Queen of Poland (1645-48).   

1671  Colonel Thomas Blood attempts to steal Crown Jewels.   

1671  Col Thomas Blood attempts to steal Crown Jewels   

1688  Frederick William, Great Elector of Brandenburg, dies at 68   

1689  English King Willem III declares war on France   

1707  Dietrich Buxtehude, German organist/composer, dies at about 69.   

1726  Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn   

1738  England routes fleet in Mediterranean Sea and West-Indies   

1738  John Pindar, [Peter], physician/poet   

1740  Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Barber of Seville).   

1745  Tomaso Antonio Vitali, composer, dies at 82.   

1753  King Louis XV disbands French parliament   

1754  inaugural newspaper cartoon in America-divided snake "Join or die"   

1754  1st newspaper cartoon in America-divided snake "Join or Die"   

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1147  Minamoto no yoritomo: Japanese shogun   

1265  Dante alighieri: Italian poet (divina commedia)   

1596  Abraham van diepenbeeck: Painter   

1738  John pindar: [peter], physician/poet   

1740  Giovanni paisiello: Italian composer (barber of seville)   

1783  Alexander ross: Canada, pioneer/fur trader   

1785  James pollard espy: Penns, meteorologist (philosphy of storms)   

1793  Johannes c de jonge: Dutch historian/archivist   

1079  Stanislaus: Polish bishop of cracow, murdered   

1280  Death of Magnus vi lagaboeter: King of norway (1263-80),   

1315  Death of Hugh v: Duke of burgundy (b. 1282)   

1443  Niccolo d'albergati: Italian cardinal,   

1446  Death of Mary of enghien: Queen of naples (b. 1368)   

1460  Death of Jean lavite: Atrechts painter,   

1474  Peter van hagenbach: Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded   

1590  Karel "cardinal" van bourbon: Archbishop of rouen,