397 Historic Events for May 29
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| 526 |
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Antioch struck by Earthquake; about 250,000 die
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| 757 |
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St Paul I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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| 1138 |
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Anti-Pope Victor IV (Gregorio) overthrows self for Innocentius II
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| 1167 |
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Lombard League defeat Frederick Barbarossa at Battle of Legnano
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| 1176 |
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Battle at Legnano: Lombardi League beats Frederik Barbarossa
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| 1415 |
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Council of Konstanz
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| 1453 |
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Constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor, dies at 49
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| 1453 |
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French banker Jacques Coeurs possessions confiscated
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| 1453 |
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Constantinople falls to Muhammad II (Turks); ends Byzantine Empire
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| 1500 |
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Bartholomeu Diaz de Narvaez (Novaez), Portuguese sea explorer, drowns
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| 1506 |
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Earl Willem I van Nassau-Dillenburg weds countess Walburg van Egmont
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| 1544 |
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Jacobus Latomus [Jasques Masson], Belgian inquisitor, dies at about 68
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| 1546 |
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Cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered
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| 1576 |
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Spanish army under Mondragon conquerors Zierik sea
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| 1593 |
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John Penry, English congressionalist, executed
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| 1627 |
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Anne ML of Orl‚ans, duchess of Montpensier (Grand Mademoiselle)
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| 1629 |
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Arnold Baert, Flemish lawyer/member of Great Council, dies at about 74
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| 1630 |
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Charles II, King of England (1660-85)
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| 1630 |
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Gov John Winthrop begins "History of New England"
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| 1652 |
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English Admiral Robert Blake drives out Dutch fleet under lt-adm Tromp
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| 1660 |
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Charles II restored to English throne after Puritan Commonwealth
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| 1660 |
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Peter Scriverius, lawyer/historian, dies at 44
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| 1660 |
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Gy”rgy R k¢czi II, prince of Transsylvania, dies in battle
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| 1673 |
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Cornelis van Bijnkershoek, lawyer/president of High Council
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| 1680 |
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Abraham Megerle, composer, dies at 73
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