Today is Monday, May 2, the 124th day of 2016. There are 242 days left in the year.
1345 — "Quaden Maendach" in Gent: Battles between volders & weavers
1497 — John Cabot departs to North-America
1526 — German evangelical monarchy joins Schmalkaldische League
1536 — King Henry VIII accused Anna Boleyn of adultery & incest
1595 — King Philip II names Albrecht of Austria land guardian of Netherlands
1598 — France & Spain signs Peace of Vervins
1652 — Frederik Hendriks daughter Albertine Agnes marries Willem Frederik
1668 — First peace of Aken: ends French-Spanish war in The Netherlands