Historical Events In May - 22
Monday, 16 March 2026
0337 Constantine the Great, emperor of Rome (306-37)/anti semite, dies 

0760 14th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. 

0987 Louis V le Faineant, the Lazy, king of France (986-87), poisoned at 20 

1176 Murder attempt by "Assassins" on Saladin near Aleppo. 

1200 Peace of Goulet 

1370 Jews are expelled/massacred from Brussels Belgium 

1377 Pope Gregory XI issues five papal bulls to denounce the doctrines of English theologian John Wycliffe. 

1455 Open battle in England's 30-year War of the Roses (St Albans). 

1455 Richard of York takes St Albans, kidnapping King Henry VI 

1455 Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (killed in battle) 

1501 Robert Gaguin, French writer/diplomat (Arte Metrificandi), dies at 66. 

1526 Pope Clemens VII, France, Genoa, Venice, Florence and Milan form Anti-French League of Cognac 

1540 Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian/pres of Romagna, dies at 57 

1570 The inaugural atlas, with 70 maps, published 

1570 1st atlas, with 70 maps, published 

1594 Earl Mauritius and Willem Louis begins siege of Groningen. 

1629 Emperor Ferdinand II and Danish King Christian IV sign Peace of Lubeck. 

1659 France, England and Netherlands sign "Hedges Concerto" treaty. 

1667 Alexander VII, [Fabio Chigi], Italian Pope (1655-67), dies at 68. 

1671 Abraham Patras, governor-general of East-Indies (1735-37) 

1688 Johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist, dies at 70 

1712 Emperor Karel VI crowned king of Hungary 

1722 Johannes Schmidlin, composer. 

1746 Russia and Austria signs treaty of cooperation. 

1759 Gervais-Francois Couperin, composer. 

1761 The inaugural life insurance policy in the U S is issued, in Philadelphia 

1761 1st life insurance policy in US, issued in Phila. 

1762 Sweden and Prussia sign peace treaty 

1780 Jan Emmanuel Dulezalek, composer 

1781 Garret Wesley Mornington, composer, dies at 45 

1783 Thomas Forbes Walmisley, composer. 

1784 In this year, Ceylonese student leader Pieter Quint Ondaatje formally claims democracy 

1801 Heinrich Gottfried Reichard, composer, dies at 58. 

1803 1st public library opens (Connecticut) 

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