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WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2016

Today is Wednesday, May 4, the 126th day of 2016. There are 240 days left in the year.1303 — Flemings conquers Middelburg1494 — Christopher Columbus lands in Jamaica1540 — Venice & Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople1572 — Veere sides with Geuzen 1626 — Indians sell Manhattan Island for $24 in cloth & buttons1626 — Peter Minuit becomes director-general of New Netherlands1634 — Johan van Walbeecks fleet departs to West-Indies1652 — Battle at Etampes: French army under Turenne beats Fronde rebels1715 — French manufacturer debuts first folding umbrella (Paris France)

May 3, 2016

TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2016

Today is Tuesday, May 3, the 125th day of 2016. There are 241 days left in the year.1294 — John II becomes duke of Brabant/ Limburg1342 — Count Hartmann II becomes ruler of Vaduz (Liechtenstein)1382 — Battle on Beverhoutsfield near Brugge1455 — Jews flee Spain1494 — Jamaica discovered by Christopher Columbus; he names it “St Iago”1512 — Pope Julius II opens 5th Council of Lateranen (18th ecumenical council) in Rome1515 — Persian Gulf: Portugese fleet occupies Ormuz1616 — Treaty of Loudun kills French civil war1621 — Francis Bacon accused of bribery1624 — Spanish silver fleet sails to Panam?1629 — French huguenot leader duke De Rohan signs accord with Spain1640 — English Upper house accept Act of Attainder

May 2, 2016

MONDAY, MAY 2, 2016

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 & weavers1497 — John Cabot departs to North-America1526 — German evangelical monarchy joins Schmalkaldische League1536 — King Henry VIII accused Anna Boleyn of adultery & incest1595 — King Philip II names Albrecht of Austria land guardian of Netherlands1598 — France & Spain signs Peace of Vervins 1652 — Frederik Hendriks daughter Albertine Agnes marries Willem Frederik1668 — First peace of Aken: ends French-Spanish war in The Netherlands

May 1, 2016

SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 2016

Today is Saturday, April 30, the 122nd day of 2016. There are 244 days left in the year.1349 — Jewish community at Radolszell Germany, exterminated1396 — Crusaders & earl of Nevers depart from Dijon1492 — Columbus is given royal commission to equip his fleet1506 — Philip of Bourgondy & England sign trade agreement1527 — England & France sign treaty of Westminster1563 — Jews are expelled from France by order of Charles VI1598 — First theater performance in America (Spanish comedy-Rio Grande)1616 — English King Jacob I leaves Brielle/Vlissingen1650 — French rebel Henri de la Tour Turenne signs treaty with Spain

Apr 29, 2016

FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2016

Today is Friday, April 29, the 121st day of 2016. There are 245 days left in the year.1429 — Joan of Arc leads Orleans France, to victory over English1522 — Emperor Charles V names Frans van Holly inquisitor-General of Netherlands1553 — Flemish woman introduces practice of starching linen into England1623 — 11 Dutch ships depart for the conquest of Peru1628 — Sweden & Denmark signdefense treaty against Duke of Wallenstein1636 — Prince Frederik Henry occupies Schenkenschans1644 — Farm leader Li Zicheng becomes emperor of China & flees Peking1661 — Chinese Ming dynasty occupies Taiwan

Apr 28, 2016

THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2016

Today is Thursday, April 28, the 120th day of 2016. There are 246 days left in the year.1253 — Utrecht destroyed by fire1376 — English parliament demands supervision on royal outlay1521 — Treaty of Worms Emperor Charles names his brother Ferdinand Arch duke of Netherlands-Austria1550 — Powers of Dutch inquisition extends1635 — Virginia Governor John Harvey accused of treason1655 — English Admiral Blake beats Tunen pirate fleet1686 — First volume of Isaac Newton’s “Principia” published1770 — Captain James Cook in Endeavor lands at Botany Bay in Australia1788 — Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the constitution1789 — Fletcher Christian leads Mutiny on HMS Bounty & Captain William Bligh1796 — Cease fire of Cherasco 1804 — 31 English ship sail Suriname river demand transition colony1818 — Monroe proclaims naval disarmament on Great Lakes & Lake Champlain

Apr 27, 2016

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016

Today is Wednesday, April 27, the 119th day of 2016. There are 247 days left in the year.1650 — Scottish General Montrose defeated1662 — Netherlands & France sign military covenant1694 — Frederik August I “the Strong” becomes monarch of Saksen1746 — Battle at Culloden Moor Duke of Cumberland beats “James VIII & III”1773 — British Parliament passes the Tea Act (eventually leads to Boston Tea Party on Dec. 16)1805 — U.S. Marines attack shores of Tripoli1857 — Establishment of Jewish congregations in Lower Austria prohibited1860 — Thomas J Jackson is assigned to command Harpers Ferry1861 — President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus1865 — Cornell University (Ithaca NY) is chartered1867 — The opera “Romeo et Juliette” is produced (Paris France)1870 — Heinrich Schliemann discovers Troi

Apr 26, 2016

TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2016

Today is Tuesday, April 26, the 118th day of 2016. There are 248 days left in the year.1478 — Easter is celebrated for the first time1514 — Copernicus makes his first observations of Saturn1532 — Sultan Suleiman through Hungary on away to Vienna1564 — William Shakespeare baptized1654 — Jews are expelled from Brazil1655 — Dutch West Indies Company denies Peter Stuyvesant’s desire to exclude Jews from New Amsterdam1677 — Emperor Leopold I forms University of Innsbruck1709 — Frisian viceroy Johan Willem Friso marries countess Maria Louisa1721 — Smallpox vaccination first administrated

Apr 25, 2016

MONDAY, APRIL 25, 2016

Today is Monday, April 25, the 117th day of 2016. There are 249 days left in the year.1541 — Liege flooded after heavy down pour1604 — Count Maurits’ army lands at Cadzand1607 — Battle at Gibraltar Dutch fleet beats Spanish/Portuguese fleet1614 — Amsterdam Bank of Loan forms1660 — London Convention Parliament meets & votes to restore Charles II1678 — French troops conquer Ypres 1719 — Daniel Defoes publishes “Robinson Crusoe”1747 — Prince Willem V appointed viceroy of Zealand1867 — Tokyo is opened for foreign trade1881 — 250,000 Germans petition to bar foreign Jews from entering Germany

Apr 24, 2016

SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 2016

Today is Saturday, April 23, the 115th day of 2016. There are 251 days left in the year.1145 — 19th recorded perihelion passage of Halley’s Comet1164 — Raynald of Dassel names Guido di Crema as anti-pope Paschalis III1370 — Bastille begins being built in Paris France1500 — Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovers Brazil & claims it for Portugal1509 — Henry VIII ascends to throne to become King of England1526 — First slave revolt occurs in South Carolina1529 — Treaty of Saragosa Spain & Portugal divide eastern hemisphere1648 — English army claims king Charles I responsible for bloodshed1659 — Lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament1662 — Royal Society incorporates

Apr 22, 2016

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