369 Historic Events for May 19
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| 715 |
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St Gregory II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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| 804 |
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Alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69
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| 988 |
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Dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies
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| 1296 |
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Celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies
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| 1469 |
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Giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor
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| 1506 |
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Columbus selects his son Diego as sole heir
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| 1515 |
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George van Saksen-Meissen sells Friesland for 100,000 gold guilders to arch duke Charles
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| 1517 |
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Philip van Bourgondie installed as bishop of Utrecht
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| 1536 |
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Lord Rochford, English brother of Anna Boleyn, beheaded
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| 1536 |
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Anne Boleyn, Queen of England/wife of Henry VIII, beheaded
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| 1547 |
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Monarch Johan Frederik surrenders to Karel
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| 1568 |
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English queen Elizabeth I arrests Scottish queen Mary
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| 1571 |
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Miguel Lopez de Lagazpi founded Manilla in the Phillipines
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| 1585 |
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Spain confisquates English ships
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| 1588 |
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Spanish Armada sets sail for Lisbon, bound to England
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| 1608 |
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Matthias von Habsburgs army reaches Lieben, at Prague
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| 1611 |
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Innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89)
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| 1616 |
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Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer
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| 1635 |
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France declares war on Spain
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| 1643 |
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Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut and New Harbor form United Colonies of New England
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| 1643 |
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Battle at Rocroi/Allersheim: French army destroys Spanish army
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| 1647 |
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Sebastian Vrancx, Flemish painter (captain of vigilante), dies
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| 1652 |
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Spanish troops occupy Grevelingen
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| 1653 |
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Carel Reyniersz, gov-gen of Neth East Indies, dies at 48
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| 1662 |
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Uniformity Act of England goes into effect
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