Edward de Belijder, the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies

Death

Margaretha of Bavaria names her son Willem V earl of Holland/Zealand

Event

Pedro IV, king of Aragon/conqueror of Sicily, dies at 67

Death

John of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned

Death

Pope Eugenius IV deallocated council of Basel to Ferrara

Event

French poet Fran‡ois Villon banished from Paris

Event

Charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43

Death

Battle at Nancy, Burgundy vs Switz, 7000+ killed

Event

Duke Ludovico Sforza's troops reconquer Milan

Event

Marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pecinich, Croatian poet, dies at 73

Death

Pope Clemens VII forbids English king Henry VIII to re-marry

Event

Francisco Su rez, Granada Spain, philosopher/theologian

Birth

Great fire in Eindhoven Neth

Event

William Cobbold, composer

Birth

Catherine de' Medici, Queen mother of France, dies at 69

Death

Willem II, Duke of Gulik/Kleef/Gelre, dies at about 75

Death

Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal

Birth

William Louis of Nassau becomes governor/viceroy of Drenthe

Event

Ercole Procaccini, Italian painter, dies

Death

Henry Lawes, English composer

Birth

Pieter Adriaansz van der Werff, mayor of Lead, dies at 73

Death

Mikl¢s Zr¡nyi, Hungarian poet/writer (The Peril of Sziget) [or May 1]

Birth

Petition in Recife Brazil leads to closing of their 2 synagogues

Event

Francesco Cavalli's opera "Giasone," premieres in Venice

Event

Jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer

Birth