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Good morning! Today is May 31, 2010.

On this date in Medieval History:

Notable Births

1469 Manuel I king of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration
1472 Erardus van der Mark prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal
1557 Theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj) czar of Russia (1584-98)
1656 Marin Marias composer
1664 Giulio Alberoni Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal
1674 Friedrich Erhard Niedt composer

Notable Deaths

455 Petronius Maximus senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched
1091 Hendrik van Verdun bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies
1198 Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen rabbi of Mainz, dies
1504 Engelbert II earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz, dies
1551 Aristotele "Basiano" da Sangallo Italian set designer, dies
1567 Péreguin de la Grange French minister/martyr of Reform, dies
1594 Tintoretto Italian Mannerist painter, dies at 75
1620 Willem Louis earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies at 59
1665 Pieter J Saenredam Dutch architectural painter, dies at 67
1696 Heinrich Schwemmer composer, dies at 75

Notable Events

0070 Rome captures 1st wall of the city of Jerusalem
1417 Jacoba van Bavarian becomes countess of Holland/Zealand/Henegouwen
1495 Emperor Maximilian, Pope Alexander VI, Milan, King Ferdinand, Isabella & Venice sign anti-French Saint League
1531 "Women's Revolt" in Amsterdam: wool house in churchyard aborted
1564 Battle on Gotland: Lübeck & Denmark beat Sweden
1621 Sir Francis Bacon thrown into Tower of London for 1 night
1634 US colony Massachusetts Bay annexes Maine colony
1659 Netherlands, England & France sign Treaty of The Hague
1665 Jerusalem's rabbi Sjabtai Tswi proclaims himself Messiah
1678 Lady Godiva rides naked through Coventry in a protest of taxes
1696 John Salomonsz elected chief of Saint-Eustatius

Good morning! Today is May 30, 2010.

On this date in Medieval History:

Notable Births

1220 Alexander Nevski [Aleksandr] Russian great ruler (1252-63)
1524 Selîm II Sari the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74)
1578 Valentin Dretzel composer
1623 Wallerand Vaillant painter/engraver, baptized
1672 Peter I "the Great" Romanov tsar of Russia (1682-1725)

Notable Deaths

0727 Hubertus bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht/saint, dies at about 72
1035 Boudouin IV count of Flanders (988-1035), dies
1252 Ferdinand III the holy King of Castilië/León, dies
1416 Jerome of Prague burned as a heretic by the Church
1431 Joan of Arc burned as a witch by the English at Rouen at 19
1434 Prokopius Bohemian leader of taboriets, dies in battle
1574 Charles IX King of France (1560-74), dies
1593 Christopher Marlowe British dramatist (Tamburlaine the Great), murdered
1640 André Duchesne French historian/genealogy, dies
1640 Peter Paul Rubens Flemish painter, dies at 62

Notable Events

1035 Boudouin V van Rijsel becomes earl of Flanders
1087 German emperor Henry IV crowns his son Koenraad
1100 Burchard becomes bishop of Utrecht
1381 English boer uprising begins in Essex
1434 Battle at Lipany
1498 Columbus departs with 6 ships for 3rd trip to America
1522 French troops driven out of Genoa
1527 University of Marburg (Germany) founded
1536 English king Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour
1539 Spanish explorer Fernando de Soto discovers Florida
1574 Henry III follows brother Charles IX as king of France
1574 Sea battle at Lillo Belgium (Adolf Van Haemstede vs Louis de Boisot)
1584 Earl Adolf van Nieuwenaar/Meurs becomes viceroy of Gelderland
1588 Spanish Aramada under Medina-Sidonia departs Lisbon to invade England
1631 France/Maximilian van Bavarian signs Accord of Fontainebleau
1635 Emperor Ferdinand II & Saksen sign Peace of Prague
1646 Spain & Netherlands signs temporary cease fire

Good morning! Today is May 26, 2010.

On this date in Medieval History:

Notable Births

1478 Clement VII [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34)
1566 Mohammed III sultan of Turkey (1595-1603)
1591 Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck composer
1667 Abraham De Moivre French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem)
1689 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu English essayist, feminist, eccentric

Notable Deaths

0604 605? Augustinus van Canterbury bishop/apostle of England, dies
0735 Beda Venerabilis English speaking church historian, dies at about 62
1421 Mohammed I sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies
1512 Bajezid II Governor of Amasja/8th Sultan of Turkey, dies
1595 Philippus Nerius [Filippo Neri] Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79
1609 Cornelis Claesz mapmaker, buried
1685 Karel monarch of Palts, dies

Notable Events

0961 German King Otto II crowned
1328 William of Ockham forced to flee from Avignon by Pope John XXII
1521 Edict of Worms outlaws Martin Luther & his followers
1538 Genève throws out Calvijn
1596 England, France & Netherlands signs Drievoudig Covenant against Spain
1637 1st battle of Pequot at New Haven CT kills 500 Indians
1647 Massachusetts disallows priest access to colony

Good morning! Today is May 25, 2010.

On this date in Medieval History:

Notable Births

1494 Jacopo Pontormo II Italy, painter (Sepulture of Christ)
1550 Camillus de Lellis Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint
1688 Christian August Jacobi composer

Notable Deaths

0615 Boniface IV Pope (608-15), dies
0709 Aldhelmus of Ealdhelm England, abbot/bishop/poet/saint, dies at about 69
0946 Edmund the Older king of Wessex/England (939-46), dies
1085 Gregory VII [Ildebrando] Pope (1073-85), dies
1125 Hendrik V last Salische German king, dies
1261 Alexander IV [Rinaldo dei conti di Segni] Pope (1254-61), dies
1510 Georges d'Amboise French cardinal/viceroy in North Italy, dies at 49
1555 Gemma Frisius Frisian geographer/astronomer, dies at 46
1681 Caldéron writer, dies at 81

Notable Events

0585 -BC- 1st known prediction of a solar eclipse
1085 King Alfonso VI of Castily/León occupy Toledo on Moren
1241 1st attack on Jewish community of Frankfort-on-the-Main Germany
1522 Emperor Karel I returns to Spain
1632 Albrecht von Wallenstein recaptures Prague on Saksen
1659 Richard Cromwell resigns as English Lord Protector
1660 English King Charles II lands in Dover
1661 King Charles II marries Portuguese princess Catherina the Bragança

Good morning! Today is May 20, 2010.

On this date in Medieval History:

Notable Births

1364 Henry Percy [Harry Hotspur], British soldier/politican
1470 Pietro Bembo cardinal/theologian
1537 Hieronymus Fabricius Ab Aquapend Italy, physician (De Formato Foetu)
1547 Melchior Bischoff composer
1554 Paulo Bellasio composer
1593 Jacob Jordaens Flemish barok artist

Notable Deaths

1277 John XXI [Petrus Juliani/Hispanus] Port Pope (1276-77), dies
1444 Bernardinus van Siena Italian saint, dies at 63
1449 Peter Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies
1471 Henry VI king of England (1422-61, 70-71)/France (1431-71), dies
1506 Christopher Columbus explorer, dies in poverty in Spain at 55
1509 Catharina Sforza Italian duchess of Forli, dies at 45
1597 Matthijs Heldt dies in battle
1622 Osman II sultan of Turkey (1618-22), dies
1648 Wladyslaw IV Wasa King of Poland, dies
1650 Francesco Sacrati composer, dies at 44
1669 Joris van der Hagen landscape painter, dies

Notable Events

0325 1st Christian ecumenical council opens at Nicæa, Asia Minor
0526 Earthquake kills 250,000 in Antioch, Syria
1293 Earthquake strikes Kamakura Japan, 30,000 killed
1303 Treaty of Paris restores Gascony to British in Hundred Years War
1310 Shoes were made for both right & left feet
1347 Rienzo calls Rome for people's tribunal
1495 French King Charles VIII leaves Naples
1498 Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calcutta India
1501 Joao da Nova Castell discovers Ascension Islands
1521 Ignatius Loyola seriously wounded by a cannon ball
1524 Duke of Albany leaves Scotland
1570 Egidius Coppens publishes Abraham Ortelius' "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum"
1571 Venice, Spain & Pope Pius form anti-Turkish Saint League
1591 Spanish troops in Zutphen surrenders to Willem Louis/Mauritius
1631 German army under earl Johann Tilly conquerors Maagdenburg
1639 Dorchester MA, forms 1st school funded by local taxes
1690 England passes Act of Grace, forgiving followers of James II