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Events that took place in the month of May

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1049 Earthquake in the Midlands

1118 Queen Matilda dies

1185 Eclipse

1436 Richard, Duke of York is appointed Lieutenant-general

1511 Joust at Greenwich

1497 John Cabot sets sail for Asia

1536 Anne Boleyn arrested

1568 Mary escapes

1312 Edward and Gaveston flee

1341 David II returns to Scotland

1471 The Battle of Tewkesbury

6th7th8th9th10th
1097 Siege of Nicaea

1191 Richard sails to Cyprus.

1429 Siege of Orleans is lifted

1131 Tintern Abbey founded

1308 Thomas Earl of Lancaster

1309 Death of Charles II of Naples

1502 Columbus starts his fourth voyage

1291 Edward I meets Scottish Claimants

1307 Battle of Loudoun Hill

11th12th13th14th15th
973 Coronation of King Edgar

1068 Matilda is crowned Queen

1191 Meeting in Limassol

1258 Treaty of Corbeil

1191 Richard marries Berengaria

1343 The Black Prince becomes Prince of Wales

1515 Mary and Suffolk marry

1568 Battle of Langside

1027 Coronation of Henry I of France

1264 Battle of Lewes

1334 King David II of Scotland flees to France

1567 Mary marries Bothwell

16th17th18th19th20th
1450 Bayeux surrendered to the French

1215 London falls to the Rebels

1216 A storm hits John's fleet

1102 Stephen of Blois killed in battle

1312 Gaveston surrenders

1536 Execution of Anne Boleyn

1554 Princess Elizabeth moved to Woodstock

1217 Battle of Lincoln

1301 Treaty finally signed

1303 Treaty of Paris

1506 Death of Columbus

21st22nd23rd24th25th
1172 Compromise of Avranches

1216 Prince Louis of France claims English Throne

1382 Earthquake

1420 Treaty of Troyes

1422 Queen Catherine joins the King in Paris

1455 The Yorkists are summoned

1471 The murder of Henry VI

1527 Birth of Philip II of Spain

1128 Matilda marries Geoffrey Plantagenet

1149 Henry (II) knighted by David

1200 Philippe and John sign a treaty

1306 Feast of the Swans

1453 Partial Eclipse

1455 First Battle of St. Albans

1285 Margat captured by the Moslems

1430 Joan of Arc is captured

1533 Marriage to Catherine of Aragon declared illegal

1086 Election of Pope Victor III

1089 Lanfranc dies

1321 Meeting at Pontefract

1425 Stirling Castle executions

1444 Betrothal of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou

1487 Lambert Simnel crowned in Dublin

1261 Death of Pope Alexander IV

1502 Columbus leaves the Canary Islands

26th27th28th29th30th
1199 Important Appointments

1465 Elizabeth crowned

1199 John is crowned King of England

1215 A truce is sought

1265 Edward escapes

1533 Marriage to Anne Boleyn declared legal

1328 Philippe VI crowned at Reims

1453 Turks established in Constantinople

1213 French fleet defeated

1431 Joan of Arc burnt at the stake

1445 Margaret of Anjou crowned

1498 Columbus begins his third voyage

1536 Henry marries Jane Seymour

1574 Death of Charles IX of France

31st    
    
1st
1049 Earthquake in the Midlands

1118 Queen Matilda dies

1185 Eclipse

1436 Richard, Duke of York is appointed Lieutenant-general

1511 Joust at Greenwich

2nd
1497 John Cabot sets sail for Asia

1536 Anne Boleyn arrested

1568 Mary escapes

3rd
4th
1312 Edward and Gaveston flee

1341 David II returns to Scotland

1471 The Battle of Tewkesbury

5th
6th
1097 Siege of Nicaea

1191 Richard sails to Cyprus.

7th
8th
1429 Siege of Orleans is lifted

9th
1131 Tintern Abbey founded

1308 Thomas Earl of Lancaster

1309 Death of Charles II of Naples

1502 Columbus starts his fourth voyage

10th
1291 Edward I meets Scottish Claimants

1307 Battle of Loudoun Hill

11th
973 Coronation of King Edgar

1068 Matilda is crowned Queen

1191 Meeting in Limassol

1258 Treaty of Corbeil

12th
1191 Richard marries Berengaria

1343 The Black Prince becomes Prince of Wales

13th
1515 Mary and Suffolk marry

1568 Battle of Langside

14th
1027 Coronation of Henry I of France

1264 Battle of Lewes

1334 King David II of Scotland flees to France

15th
1567 Mary marries Bothwell

16th
1450 Bayeux surrendered to the French

 

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17th
1215 London falls to the Rebels

18th
1216 A storm hits John's fleet

19th
1102 Stephen of Blois killed in battle

1312 Gaveston surrenders

1536 Execution of Anne Boleyn

1554 Princess Elizabeth moved to Woodstock

20th
1217 Battle of Lincoln

1301 Treaty finally signed

1303 Treaty of Paris

1506 Death of Columbus

21st
1172 Compromise of Avranches

1216 Prince Louis of France claims English Throne

1382 Earthquake

1420 Treaty of Troyes

1422 Queen Catherine joins the King in Paris

1455 The Yorkists are summoned

1471 The murder of Henry VI

1527 Birth of Philip II of Spain

22nd
1128 Matilda marries Geoffrey Plantagenet

1149 Henry (II) knighted by David

1200 Philippe and John sign a treaty

1306 Feast of the Swans

1453 Partial Eclipse

1455 First Battle of St. Albans

23rd
1285 Margat captured by the Moslems

1430 Joan of Arc is captured

1533 Marriage to Catherine of Aragon declared illegal

24th
1086 Election of Pope Victor III

1089 Lanfranc dies

1321 Meeting at Pontefract

1425 Stirling Castle executions

1444 Betrothal of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou

1487 Lambert Simnel crowned in Dublin

25th
1261 Death of Pope Alexander IV

1502 Columbus leaves the Canary Islands

26th
1199 Important Appointments

1465 Elizabeth crowned

27th
1199 John is crowned King of England

1215 A truce is sought

28th
1265 Edward escapes

1533 Marriage to Anne Boleyn declared legal

29th
1328 Philippe VI crowned at Reims

1453 Turks established in Constantinople

30th
1213 French fleet defeated

1431 Joan of Arc burnt at the stake

1445 Margaret of Anjou crowned

1498 Columbus begins his third voyage

1536 Henry marries Jane Seymour

1574 Death of Charles IX of France

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