Historical Events In May - 18

0526  On this day in history john I, Pope (523-26), dies   

1096  Crusaders massacre Jews of Worm on May - 18.   

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

1160  On this day in history 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 May - 18.   

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

1302  On this day in history trades people assault on French garrison (Brugse Metten)   

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

1385  On this day in history peace of Doornik: Gent & Louis van Thoughts   

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

1410  Ruprecht, Roman catholics German king, dies on May - 18.   

1536  On May - 18 anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII of England, is beheaded after being convicted for adultery   

1587  On this day in history felix van Cantalice, Italian saint, dies   

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

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

1596  Willem Barents leaves Amsterdam for Novaya Zemlya on May - 18.   

1619  Hugo the Great sentenced to life in prison on May - 18.   

1625  On this day in history francisco Gomez de Sandoval y Rojas, Spanish marquis of Denia, dies   

1631  On this day in history english colony Massachusetts Bay grants puritarian voting right   

1631  On May - 18 john Winthrop is elected first governor of Massachusetts   

1642  Montréal Canada founded on May - 18.   

1642  On May - 18 the Canadian City of Montreal is founded   

1642  Montreal Canada founded on May - 18.   

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

1652  On May - 18 rhode Island enacts first law declaring slavery illegal   

1652  On May - 18 rhode Island enacts 1st law declaring slavery illegal   

1653  On this day in history carel Reyniersz, gov-gen (Neth East Indies), dies at 48   

1675  Jacques Marquette jesuit/missionaries (Chicago), dies at 37 on this day in history.   

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

1692  Elias Ashmole, antiquary, dies on May - 18.   

1703  Dutch & English troops occupy Cologne on this day in history.   

1711  Ruggiero G Boscovich, [Rudzer J Boskovic], Italian astronomer on this day in history.   

1724  On this day in history johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch doctor for deaf-mutes, dies at 54   

1733  Georg Bohm, German organist/composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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1048  On this day in history birth of omar Khayyám, Persian mathematician, poet and philosopher (d. 1131)   

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

1474  On May - 18 birth of isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua (d. 1539)   

1551  On this day in history birth of domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. 1486)   

1610  Stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker (d. 1664) was born on this day in history.   

1662  On May - 18 birth of george Smalridge, English bishop of Bristol (d. 1719)   

1692  Joseph Butler, Wantage Berkshire, theologian was born on May - 18.   

1711  Ruggiero G Boscovich, [Rudzer J Boskovic], Italian astronomer was born on May - 18.   

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

1160  Erik IX Helgi, [The Saint], King of Sweden, dies on this day in history.   

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  Ruprecht, Roman catholics German king, dies on this day in history.   

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

1550  On this day in history death of john, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (b. 1498)   

1551  On May - 18 death of domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. 1486)   

1584  Death of Ikeda Motosuke, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1559) on May - 18.