This day in History - May 7

388 Historic Events for May 7
685 Death Marwan I ibn al-Hakam, 4th kalief of Omajjaden (684-85), dies
973 Death Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at 60
1166 Death Willem I, the Bad, king of Sicily (1154-66)
1205 Death Ladislaus III Arpad, King of Hungary (1204-05), dies at 5 or 6
1274 Event 2nd Council of Lyons (14th ecumenical council) opens
1355 Event 1,200 Jews of Toledo Spain killed by Count Henry of Trastamara
1416 Event Monk Nicolaas Serrurier arrested because of heresy at Tournay
1429 Event English siege of Orl‚ans broken by Joan of Arc
1523 Death Franz von Sickingen, Germ knight/protect of poor, dies of wounds at 42
1530 Birth Louis I Cond‚, French prince/leader of hugenots
1574 Birth Innocent X, [Giambattista Pamfili], 236th pope (1644-55)
1579 Event Congress of Cologne forms in Netherlands
1617 Death David Fabricius, German astronomer, dies at 53
1624 Event Admiral Hermites conquering fleet reaches Callao the Lima, Peru
1638 Event Cornelis S Goyer takes possession of Mauritius (uninhabited)
1660 Event Isaack B Fubine of Savoy, in The Hague, patents macaroni
1663 Event Theatre Royal in Drury Lane London opens
1667 Death Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist/singer/composer, dies at 50
1671 Death Pieter Stockmans, Flemish chairman of Opperkrijgshof, dies at 62
1671 Death Edward Montagu, English baron Kimbolton, dies at about 68
1673 Death Johannes Teellinck, Dutch vicar, dies at about 58
1700 Birth Gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist
1700 Event William Penn began monthly meetings for Blacks advocating emancipation
1704 Birth Carl Heinrich Graun, composer
1727 Event Jews are expelled from Ukraine by Empress Catherine I of Russia