Historical Events In May - 18
Friday, 26 July 2024
0526 John I, Pope (523-26), dies on this day in history.
1096 Crusaders massacre Jews of Worm on May - 18.
1152 On this day in history henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine.
1160 Erik IX Helgi, [The Saint], King of Sweden, dies on this day in history.
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 May - 18.
1302 Trades people assault on French garrison (Brugse Metten) on May - 18.
1385 Peace of Doornik Gent & Louis van Thoughts on May - 18.
1385 On May - 18 peace of Doornik: Gent & Louis van Thoughts
1401 On May - 18 władysław 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 On May - 18 felix van Cantalice, Italian saint, dies
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 Willem Barents leaves Amsterdam for Novaya Zemlya on this day in history.
1619 On this day in history hugo the Great sentenced to life in prison
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 John Winthrop is elected first governor of Massachusetts on this day in history.
1642 Montréal Canada founded on May - 18.
1642 On May - 18 the Canadian City of Montreal is founded
1642 On May - 18 montreal Canada founded
1643 On this day in history delegates from four New England colonies meet in Boston to form a confederation
1652 Rhode Island enacts first law declaring slavery illegal on May - 18.
1652 On this day in history 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 May - 18.
1724 Johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch doctor for deaf-mutes, dies at 54 on this day in history.
1733 On May - 18 georg Bohm, German organist/composer, dies at 71
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