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