Today is Wednesday, May 4, the 126th day of 2016. There are 240 days left in the year.
1303 — Flemings conquers Middelburg
1494 — Christopher Columbus lands in Jamaica
1540 — Venice & Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople
1572 — Veere sides with Geuzen
1626 — Indians sell Manhattan Island for $24 in cloth & buttons
1626 — Peter Minuit becomes director-general of New Netherlands
1634 — Johan van Walbeecks fleet departs to West-Indies
1652 — Battle at Etampes: French army under Turenne beats Fronde rebels
1715 — French manufacturer debuts first folding umbrella (Paris France)