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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
May 21, 143 |
Earliest known date in Amer-pre Mayan king Harvest-Bergvorst installed |
May 21, 685 |
Battle of Nechtansmere/Dun Nechtain: Picts beat Northumbrians |
May 21, 878 |
Syracuse is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. |
May 21, 879 |
Pope John VIII gives blessings to duke Branimir and to Croatian people, considered to be international recognition of Croatian state. |
May 21, 996 |
Pope Gregory V crowns his cousin Otto III as Holy Roman Emperor |
May 21, 1040 |
King Henry III gives Utrecht the Groninger currency |
May 21, 1216 |
French crown prince Louis enters England |
May 21, 1260 |
Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire sends his envoy Hao Jing and two other advisors to the Song Dynasty court of Emperor Lizong of Song; while attempting to negotiate with the Song in order to resolve their conflict, Hao Jing and his fellow emissaries are imprisoned by order of the high Chancellor of China, Jia Sidao. |
May 21, 1420 |
Treaty of Troyes following Englsh victory at Agincourt: Henry V of England and his heirs would inherit the throne of France upon the death of King Charles VI of France |
May 21, 1471 |
King Edward IV enters London |
May 21, 1502 |
Portuguese admiral Da Nova discovers St Helena |
May 21, 1526 |
-Jun 8] Sermon of Bathe, Aargau: TC evangelical theology |
May 21, 1602 |
Martha's Vineyard 1st sighted (Captain Bartholomew Gosnold) |
May 21, 1674 |
General John Sobieski chosen King of Poland |
May 21, 1683 |
West Indian Company sells 1/3 of Suriname |
May 21, 1725 |
The Order of St. Alexander Nevsky is instituted in Russia by the empress Catherine I. It would later be discontinued and then reinstated by the Soviet government in 1942 as the Order of Alexander Nevsky. |
May 21, 1758 |
Mary Campbell is abducted from her home in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War. |
May 21, 1793 |
Curacao Island Council forbids criticism of House of Orange |
May 21, 1804 |
Lewis & Clark Expedition begins |
May 21, 1809 |
Battle of Aspern-Essling: Austrian archduke Karl beats Napoleon |
May 21, 1819 |
1st bicycles (swift walkers) in US introduced in NYC |
May 21, 1832 |
1st Democratic National Convention (Baltimore) |
May 21, 1840 |
New Zealand became a British colony |
May 21, 1840 |
Captain William Hobson proclaims British sovereignty over New Zealand; the North Island by treaty and the South Island by 'discovery' |
May 21, 1846 |
1st steamship arrives in Hawaii |
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