Historical Events In May - 19
Monday, 16 March 2026
0715 In this year, St Gregory II starts his reign as Catholic Pope 

0804 Alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69 

0988 Dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies. 

1296 Celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies 

1469 Giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor 

1506 Columbus selects his son Diego as sole heir. 

1515 George van Saksen-Meissen sells Friesland for 100000 gold guilders to arch duke Charles. 

1517 Philip van Bourgondie installed as bishop of Utrecht. 

1536 Anne Boleyn, Queen of England/wife of Henry VIII, beheaded. 

1547 Monarch Johan Frederik surrenders to Karel 

1568 English queen Elizabeth I arrests Scottish queen Mary. 

1568 Mary, queen of Scots, arrested. 

1571 Miguel Lopez de Lagazpi founded Manilla in the Phillipines 

1585 Spain confisquates English ships 

1588 Spanish Armada sets sail for Lisbon, bound to England 

1601 Costanzo Porta, Italian composer. 

1608 Matthias von Habsburgs army reaches Lieben, at Prague. 

1611 Innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89). 

1616 Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer 

1635 France declares war on Spain. 

1643 Battle at Rocroi/Allersheim French army destroys Spanish army. 

1643 Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut and New Harbor form United Colonies of New England. 

1643 Battle at Rocroi/Allersheim: French army destroys Spanish army 

1647 Sebastian Vrancx, Flemish painter (captain of vigilante), dies. 

1649 England declared a Commonwealth 

1649 An Act declaring England a Commonwealth is passed by the Long Parliament. England would be a republic for the next eleven years. 

1652 Spanish troops occupy Grevelingen. 

1653 Carel Reyniersz, gov-gen of Neth East Indies, dies at 48 

1662 Uniformity Act of England comes into force 

1746 Johann Friedrich Peter, composer. 

1749 George II grants charter to Ohio Company to settle Ohio Valley. 

1755 Gabriele Prota, composer. 

1762 Johann G Fichte German philosopher (Wissenschaftslehre) 

1770 Antoine-Charles Glachant, composer 

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