408 Historic Events for May 14
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| 347 |
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Pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies
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| 649 |
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Theodore I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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| 649 |
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Theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies
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| 964 |
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John XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies
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| 1004 |
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Henry II the Saint crowned as king of Italy
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| 1027 |
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Robert II, the Vrome, names son Henry I, king of France
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| 1264 |
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Battle at Lewes: Simon van Leicester beats English king Henry III
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| 1264 |
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Baron's War fought in England
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| 1316 |
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Charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78)
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| 1509 |
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Battle of Agnadello, French beat Venitians in Northern Italy
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| 1565 |
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Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies
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| 1576 |
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Dutch Council of State replaced by Council of Beroerten
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| 1590 |
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Battle at Ivry: French king Henri IV beats Catholic League
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| 1607 |
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1st permanent English settlement in New World, Jamestown, Va
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| 1610 |
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Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56
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| 1638 |
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Admiral Adam Westerwolt conquerors Batticaloa, Ceylon
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| 1643 |
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Louis XIII, king of France (1610-43), dies at 41
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| 1643 |
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Louis XIV (4) becomes king of France
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| 1652 |
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Johann Philipp Fortsch, composer
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| 1664 |
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Turkish great Kiprulu attacks 120,000 Donau soldiers
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| 1667 |
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Georges de Scud‚ry, French writer (Alaric ou Rome Vaincue), dies at 65
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| 1679 |
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Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer
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| 1686 |
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Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24]
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| 1702 |
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Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Warsaw
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| 1702 |
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England and Netherlands declares war on France and Spain
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