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MONDAY, MAY 16, 2016

Today is Monday, May 16, the 138th day of 2016. There are 228 days left in the year.1527 — Florence becomes a republic 1532 — Sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor1547 — Protestant German monarch surrenders to Karel in Wittenberg1568 — Mary Queen of Scotland flees to England1606 — 2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia1770 — Marie Antoinette (14) marries future King Louis XVI (15) of France1803 — Peace of Amiens ends1804 — Senate & Tribune declare Napolean leader of France1811 — Peninsular War-Allies defeat French at Albuera1817 — Mississippi River steamboat service begins

May 15, 2016

SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2016

Today is Saturday, May 14, the 136th day of 2016. There are 230 days left in the year.1004 — Henry II the Saint crowned as king of Italy1027 — Robert II, the Vrome, names son Henry I, king of France1264 — Baron’s War fought in England1264 — Battle at Lewes: Simon van Leicester beats English king Henry III1509 — Battle of Agnadello, French beat Venitians in Northern Italy1576 — Dutch Council of State replaced by Council of Beroerten1590 — Battle at Ivry: French king Henri IV beats Catholic League1607 — First permanent English settlement in New World, Jamestown VA1638 — Admiral Adam Westerwolt conquerors Batticaloa, Ceylon1643 — Louis XIV becomes king of France

May 13, 2016

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-Lutherans1568 — Mary Queen of Scots is defeated by English at battle of Langside1588 — King Henri III flees Paris1607 — English colonists (John Smith) land near James River in Virginia1624 — Admiral Hermites fleet blockade Lima Peru1637 — Cardinal Richelieu of France creates the table knife1643 — Battle at Grantham: English parliamentary armies beat royalists1643 — Heavy earthquake strikes Santiago Chile; kills 1/3 of population1652 — Ingen Ryuki invited to become the abbot of Sofokuji temple in Nagasaki1654 — Venetian fleet under Admiral Adeler beats Turkish

May 12, 2016

THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2016

Today is Thursday, May 12, the 134th day of 2016. There are 232 days left in the year. 1640 — Uprising against Spanish king Philip IV1689 — England & Netherlands form League of Augsburg1695 — English king Willem III departs to Netherlands1776 — Turgot, French minister of Finance, resigns1777 — First ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-New York Gazette)1832 — Gaetano Donizetti’s opera "L’Elisir D’amore" premieres in Milan1835 — Charles Darwin visits copper mines in North Chile1865 — Last land action of Civil war at Palmito Ranch, Texas1870 — Manitoba becomes a province of Canada 

May 11, 2016

WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 2016

Today is Wednesday, May 11, the 133rd day of 2016. There are 233 days left in the year.1689 — Battle of Bantry Bay, French & English naval battle1690 — English troops of W Phips conquer Port Royal Nova Scotia1745 — Battle of Fontenoy (Doornik): Austrian Succession war1749 — British parliament accept Consolidation Act: fleet reorganization1751 — First U.S. hospital founded (Pennsylvania Hospital)1752 — First U.S. fire insurance policy issued (Philadelphia)1772 — Amsterdam theater destroyed by fire, 18 killed1784 — England & Tippu Sahib van Mysore sign peace treaty1792 — Columbia River discovered & named by U.S. Captain Robert Gray

May 10, 2016

TUESDAY, MAY 10, 2016

Today is Tuesday, May 10, the 132nd day of 2016. There are 234 days left in the year.1267 — Vienna’s church orders all Jews to wear a distinctive garb1278 — Jews of England imprisoned on charges of coining1291 — Scottish nobles recognize authority of English king Edward I1427 — Jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland1497 — Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for first voyage to New World1503 — Columbus discovers Cayman Islands1525 — Church reformer John Pistorius caught in the Hague1534 — French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Newfoundland1570 — Czar Ivan IV becomes Protestant

May 9, 2016

MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016

Today is Monday, May 9, the 131st day of 2016. There are 235 days left in the year.1460 — Court yard episcopal palace Atrecht has witch burnings1502 — Columbus left Spain on his 4th & final trip to New World1573 — Polish Parliament selects duke of Anjou as king1588 — Duke Henri de Guises troops occupy Paris France1671 — Colonel Thomas Blood attempts to steal Crown Jewels1689 — English King William III declares war on France1738 — England routes fleet in Mediterranean Sea & West-Indies1753 — King Louis XV disbands French parliament1766 — John Byron back in England after trip around the world

May 8, 2016

SATURDAY, MAY 7, 2016

Today is Saturday, May 7, the 129th day of 2016. There are 237 days left in the year.1416 — Monk Nicolaas Serrurier arrested because of heresy at Tournay1579 — Congress of Cologne forms in Netherlands1700 — William Penn began monthly meetings for Blacks advocating emancipation1727 — Jews are expelled from Ukraine by Empress Catherine I of Russia1748 — French troops conquer Maastricht1765 — Admiral Nelson’s sailboat HMS Victory runs aground1771 — Samuel Hearne explores the Copper Mine River of Canada1775 — Turkish state of Bukovina secedes from Austria1789 — First inaugural ball for George Washington in New York

May 6, 2016

FRIDAY, MAY 6, 2016

Today is Friday, May 6, the 128th day of 2016. There are 238 days left in the year.1312 — Pope Clement V closes Council of Vienna1476 — Emperor Frederik III of Habsburg & duke Charles the Stout arrange marriage of their children1527 — Spanish & German Imperial troops sack Rome; ending the Renaissance1529 — Battle at Gogra: Mogol emperor Babur beats Afghans & Bengals1536 — King Henry VIII, orders bible be placed in every church1598 — Arch duke Albrecht & Isabella become monarch of Southern Netherlands1626 — Dutch colonist Paul Minuit buys Manhattan for $24 in trinkets1644 — Johan Mauritius resigns as Governor of Brazil

May 5, 2016

THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2016

Today is Thursday, May 5, the 127th day of 2016. There are 239 days left in the year.1430 — Jews are expelled from Speyer Germany1494 — Christopher Columbus first sights Jamaica on his second voyage to the New World1640 — English Short Parliament unites1646 — King Charles I surrenders at Scotland1665 — Nicolaas Witsen visits patriarch Nikon in Moscow1762 — Russia & Prussia sign peace treaty1764 — Smolny-institution forms in St Petersburg for noble girls1780 — American Academy of Arts & Sciences forms in Boston1789 — French States-General for It first since 1614 together

May 4, 2016

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