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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on May 20th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On May 20, 1521, the man that would become Saint Ignatius of Loyola was seriously wounded at Pamplona in a battle between the Spanish and the French supported Navarrese during the Spanish Conquest of Navarre, the region of land on the Iberian Peninsula between France and Spain. On May 20, 1645, the forces of Prince Dodo (we do not make this stuff…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on May 19th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On May 19, 1051, Anne of Kiev, also known as Anna Yaroslavna, married the King of France, Henry I. On May 19, 1643, French Bourbon  forces beat Spanish forces allied with the Habsburgs at the battle of Rocroi during the 30 Years War. On May 19, 1802, Napoleon Bonaparte founded the Legion of Honor, the highest award France can bestow upon their…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on May 18th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On May 18, 1096, Christians in Europe heeded the call of Pope Urban II and joined up with the throngs following local noblemen in a Crusade to regain the Holy Land of Jerusalem from the Muslims that occupied what is now Israel and the Levant, but on this day the Crusading zeal went in a horribly different direction. On May 18, 1804,…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on May 17th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On May 17, 1536, King Henry VIII of England had his marriage to Anne Boleyn annulled, although she had borne him the future Queen Elizabeth I. On May 17, 1875, in front of an estimated crowd of 10,000 people, a field of 15 three-year-old horses contested the first Kentucky Derby. On May 17, 1943, the famous 617 Squadron of the RAF conducted…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on May 16th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On May 16, 218, Elagabalus was proclaimed the true emperor of Rome by his mother and grandmother. On May 16, 1770, the 14 year old Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna of the House Habsburg-Lorraine married Louis-Auguste, Dauphin (heir to the throne) of France, House of Bourbon. On May 16, 1770, the 14 year old Marie Antoinette, future Queen of France, married 15 year…