FRIDAY, MAY 13, 2016

Today is Friday, May 13, the 135th day of 2016. There are 231 days left in the year.

1106 — Henry I of Limburg becomes duke of Netherlands-Lutherans

1568 — Mary Queen of Scots is defeated by English at battle of Langside

1588 — King Henri III flees Paris

1607 — English colonists (John Smith) land near James River in Virginia

1624 — Admiral Hermites fleet blockade Lima Peru

1637 — Cardinal Richelieu of France creates the table knife

1643 — Battle at Grantham: English parliamentary armies beat royalists

1643 — Heavy earthquake strikes Santiago Chile; kills 1/3 of population

1652 — Ingen Ryuki invited to become the abbot of Sofokuji temple in Nagasaki

1654 — Venetian fleet under Admiral Adeler beats Turkish