Historical Events In May - 18

0526  On May - 18 john I, Pope (523-26), dies   

1096  Crusaders massacre Jews of Worm on this day in history.   

1152  On May - 18 henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine.   

1160  On May - 18 erik IX Helgi, [The Saint], King of Sweden, dies   

1268  The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Battle of Antioch on this day in history.   

1291  Sultan of Egypt & his son take last Christian stronghold of Acre on this day in history.   

1302  Trades people assault on French garrison (Brugse Metten) on May - 18.   

1385  Peace of Doornik Gent & Louis van Thoughts on this day in history.   

1385  On May - 18 peace of Doornik: Gent & Louis van Thoughts   

1401  WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw Opolczyk (German: Ladislaus von Oppel, count palatine of Hungary 1367-1372, governor of Halych-Volhynia 1372 on this day in history.   

1410  On May - 18 ruprecht, Roman catholics German king, dies   

1536  Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII of England, is beheaded after being convicted for adultery on this day in history.   

1587  Felix van Cantalice, Italian saint, dies on May - 18.   

1588  On May - 18 the Spanish Armada sets sail for England; it is defeated by England the following August   

1593  Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe on May - 18.   

1596  Willem Barents leaves Amsterdam for Novaya Zemlya on this day in history.   

1619  On this day in history hugo the Great sentenced to life in prison   

1625  On May - 18 francisco Gomez de Sandoval y Rojas, Spanish marquis of Denia, dies   

1631  English colony Massachusetts Bay grants puritarian voting right on May - 18.   

1631  John Winthrop is elected first governor of Massachusetts on this day in history.   

1642  Montréal Canada founded on this day in history.   

1642  The Canadian City of Montreal is founded on May - 18.   

1642  Montreal Canada founded on this day in history.   

1643  Delegates from four New England colonies meet in Boston to form a confederation on May - 18.   

1652  Rhode Island enacts first law declaring slavery illegal on this day in history.   

1652  On this day in history rhode Island enacts 1st law declaring slavery illegal   

1653  On May - 18 carel Reyniersz, gov-gen (Neth East Indies), dies at 48   

1675  On May - 18 jacques Marquette jesuit/missionaries (Chicago), dies at 37   

1692  On this day in history joseph Butler, Wantage Berkshire, theologian   

1692  On this day in history elias Ashmole, antiquary, dies   

1703  On May - 18 dutch & English troops occupy Cologne   

1711  On this day in history ruggiero G Boscovich, [Rudzer J Boskovic], Italian astronomer   

1724  Johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch doctor for deaf-mutes, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1733  On May - 18 georg Bohm, German organist/composer, dies at 71   

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1048  Omar Khayyám, Persian mathematician, poet and philosopher (d. 1131) was born on May - 18.   

1186  On this day in history birth of konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (d. 1218)   

1474  Isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua (d. 1539) was born on May - 18.   

1551  Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. 1486) was born on May - 18.   

1610  On this day in history birth of stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker (d. 1664)   

1662  George Smalridge, English bishop of Bristol (d. 1719) was born on this day in history.   

1692  On this day in history birth of joseph Butler, Wantage Berkshire, theologian   

1711  On May - 18 birth of ruggiero G Boscovich, [Rudzer J Boskovic], Italian astronomer   

0526  John I, Pope (523-26), dies on this day in history.   

1160  Erik IX Helgi, [The Saint], King of Sweden, dies on May - 18.   

1401  Death of WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw Opolczyk (German: Ladislaus von Oppel, count palatine of Hungary 1367-1372, governor of Halych-Volhynia 1372 on this day in history.   

1410  On this day in history ruprecht, Roman catholics German king, dies   

1450  Death of Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1397) on this day in history.   

1550  Death of John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (b. 1498) on this day in history.   

1551  Death of Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. 1486) on this day in history.   

1584  On this day in history death of ikeda Motosuke, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1559)