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  Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1302  On May - 18 trades people assault on French garrison (Brugse Metten)   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1587  Felix van Cantalice, Italian saint, dies on this day in history.   

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

1593  Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe on this day in history.   

1596  On May - 18 willem Barents leaves Amsterdam for Novaya Zemlya   

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

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

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 May - 18.   

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

1653  On May - 18 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 May - 18 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  On May - 18 birth of domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. 1486)   

1610  On May - 18 birth of stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker (d. 1664)   

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

1692  Joseph Butler, Wantage Berkshire, theologian was born on this day in history.   

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

0526  John I, Pope (523-26), dies on May - 18.   

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

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

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  On May - 18 death of john, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (b. 1498)   

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

1584  Death of Ikeda Motosuke, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1559) on this day in history.