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May 2. May 2 is the 122nd day of the year (123rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 243 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 1194 ??? King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first royal charter. 1230 ??? William de Braose is hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great. 1536 ??? Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft. 1559 ??? John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the nascent Scottish Reformation. 1568 ??? Mary, Queen of Scots, escapes from Lochleven Castle. 1601???1900 1611 ??? The King James Version of the Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker. 1625 ??? Afonso Mendes, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as...
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May 1. May 1 is the 121st day of the year (122nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 244 days remain until the end of the year.
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May 1. May 1 is the 121st day of the year (122nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 244 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 305 ??? Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman emperor. 880 ??? The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches. 1169 ??? Norman mercenaries land at Bannow Bay in Leinster, marking the beginning of the Norman invasion of Ireland. 1328 ??? Wars of Scottish Independence end: By the Treaty of Edinburgh???Northampton, England recognises Scotland as an independent state. 1486 ??? Christopher Columbus presents his plans discovering a western route to the Indies to the Spanish Queen Isabella I of Castile. 1601???1900 1669 ??? Henry Morgan's raid on Lake...
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April 30. April 30 is the 120th day of the year (121st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 245 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 311 ??? The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends. 1315 ??? Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged at the instigation of Charles, Count of Valois. 1492 ??? Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration. He is named admiral of the ocean sea, viceroy and governor of any territory he discovers. 1513 ??? Edmund de la Pole, Yorkist pretender to the English throne, is executed on the orders of Henry VIII. 1598 ??? Juan de O??ate begins the conquest of Santa Fe de Nuevo M??xico. 1598 ??? Henry IV of France issues the Edict of Nantes, allowing freedom of religion to the Huguenots. 1601???1900...
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April 30. April 30 is the 120th day of the year (121st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 245 days remain until the end of the year.
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April 29. April 29 is the 119th day of the year (120th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 246 days remain until the end of the year.
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April 29. April 29 is the 119th day of the year (120th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 246 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 801 ??? An earthquake in the Central Apennines hits Rome and Spoleto, damaging the basilica of San Paolo Fuori le Mura. 1091 ??? Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos. 1429 ??? Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orl??ans. 1483 ??? Gran Canaria, the main island of the Canary Islands, is conquered by the Kingdom of Castile. 1521 ??? Swedish War of Liberation: Swedish troops defeat a Danish force in the Battle of V??ster??s. 1601???1900 1760 ??? French forces commence the siege of Quebec which is held by the British. 1770 ??? James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany...
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April 28. April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 247 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 224 ??? The Battle of Hormozdgan is fought. Ardashir I defeats and kills Artabanus V effectively ending the Parthian Empire. 357 ??? Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victory over Magnus Magnentius. 1192 ??? Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title to the throne is confirmed by election. The killing is carried out by Hashshashin. 1253 ??? Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Namu My??h?? Renge Ky?? for the first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism. 1294 ??? Tem??r, grandson of Kublai, is elected Khagan of the Mongols with the reigning title Oljeitu....
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April 27. April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 248 days remain until the end of the year.
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April 27. April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 248 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 247 ??? Philip the Arab marks the millennium of Rome with a celebration of the ludi saeculares. 395 ??? Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of the more powerful Roman empresses of Late Antiquity. 711 ??? Islamic conquest of Hispania: Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus). 1296 ??? First War of Scottish Independence: John Balliol's Scottish army is defeated by an English army commanded by John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey at the Battle of Dunbar. 1509 ??? Pope Julius II places the Italian state of Venice under interdict. 1521 ??? Battle of Mactan: Explorer...
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April 26. April 26 is the 116th day of the year (117th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 249 days remain until the end of the year.
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April 26. April 26 is the 116th day of the year (117th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 249 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 1336 ??? Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) ascends Mont Ventoux. 1478 ??? The Pazzi family attack on Lorenzo de' Medici in order to displace the ruling Medici family kills his brother Giuliano during High Mass in Florence Cathedral. 1564 ??? Playwright William Shakespeare is baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England (date of birth is unknown). 1601???1900 1607 ??? The Virginia Company colonists make landfall at Cape Henry. 1721 ??? A massive earthquake devastates the Iranian city of Tabriz. 1777 ??? Sybil Ludington, aged 16, allegedly rode 40 miles (64 km) to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British...
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April 25. April 25 is the 115th day of the year (116th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 250 days remain until the end of the year.
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April 25. April 25 is the 115th day of the year (116th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 250 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 404 BC ??? Admiral Lysander and King Pausanias of Sparta blockade Athens and bring the Peloponnesian War to a successful conclusion. 775 ??? The Battle of Bagrevand puts an end to an Armenian rebellion against the Abbasid Caliphate. Muslim control over the South Caucasus is solidified and its Islamization begins, while several major Armenian nakharar families lose power and their remnants flee to the Byzantine Empire. 799 ??? After mistreatment and disfigurement by the citizens of Rome, Pope Leo III flees to the Frankish court of king Charlemagne at Paderborn for protection. 1134 ??? The name Zagreb was mentioned for the first time in the Felician Charter relating to the establishment of the Zagreb Bishopric around...
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April 24. April 24 is the 114th day of the year (115th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 251 days remain until the end of the year.
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April 24. April 24 is the 114th day of the year (115th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 251 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 1479 BC ??? Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th dynasty). 1183 BC ??? Traditional reckoning of the Fall of Troy marking the end of the legendary Trojan War, given by chief librarian of the Library of Alexandria Eratosthenes, among others. 1547 ??? Battle of M??hlberg. Duke of Alba, commanding Spanish-Imperial forces of Charles I of Spain, defeats the troops of Schmalkaldic League. 1558 ??? Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Dauphin of France, Fran??ois, at Notre-Dame de Paris. 1601???1900 1704 ??? The first regular newspaper in British...
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April 23. April 23 is the 113th day of the year (114th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 252 days remain until the end of the year.
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April 23. April 23 is the 113th day of the year (114th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 252 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 215 BC ??? A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene. 599 ??? Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in southern Mexico, defeating queen Yohl Ik'nal and sacking the city. 711 ??? Dagobert III succeeds his father King Childebert III as King of the Franks. 1014 ??? Battle of Clontarf: High King of Ireland Brian Boru defeats Viking invaders, but is killed in battle. 1016 ??? Edmund Ironside succeeds his father ??thelred the Unready as King of England. 1343 ??? St. George's Night Uprising commences in the Duchy of Estonia. 1348 ??? The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III is announced on...
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April 21. April 21 is the 111th day of the year (112th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 254 days remain until the end of the year.
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April 21. April 21 is the 111th day of the year (112th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 254 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 753 BC ??? Romulus founds Rome (traditional date). 43 BC ??? Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered shortly after. 900 ??? The Laguna Copperplate Inscription (the earliest known written document found in what is now the Philippines): the Commander-in-Chief of the Kingdom of Tondo, as represented by the Honourable Jayadewa, Lord Minister of Pailah, pardons from all debt the Honourable Namwaran and his relations. 1092 ??? The Diocese of Pisa is elevated to the rank of metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Urban II 1506 ??? The three-day Lisbon Massacre comes to an end with the slaughter of over 1,900 suspected...
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April 22. April 22 is the 112th day of the year (113th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 253 days remain until the end of the year.
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April 22. April 22 is the 112th day of the year (113th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 253 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 1500 ??? Portuguese navigator Pedro ??lvares Cabral lands in Brazil (discovery of Brazil). 1519 ??? Spanish conquistador Hern??n Cort??s establishes a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico. 1529 ??? Treaty of Zaragoza divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal along a line 297.5 leagues (1,250 kilometres (780 mi)) east of the Moluccas. 1601???1900 1809 ??? The second day of the Battle of Eckm??hl: The Austrian army is defeated by the First French Empire army led by Napoleon and driven over the Danube in Regensburg. 1836 ??? Texas Revolution: A day after the Battle of San Jacinto, forces under Texas General Sam Houston identify...
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April 20. April 20 is the 110th day of the year (111th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 255 days remain until the end of the year.
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April 20. April 20 is the 110th day of the year (111th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 255 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 1303 ??? The Sapienza University of Rome is instituted by a bull of Pope Boniface VIII. 1601???1900 1653 ??? Oliver Cromwell dissolves England's Rump Parliament. 1657 ??? English Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish silver fleet, under heavy fire from the shore, at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. 1657 ??? Freedom of religion is granted to the Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City). 1752 ??? Start of Konbaung???Hanthawaddy War, a new phase in the Burmese Civil War (1740???57). 1770 ??? The Georgian king, Erekle II, abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben, wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza....
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