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This Day in History for Saturday 18th May 2013

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 15 of 182

1096 - Crusaders massacre Jews of Worm
1268 - The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Battle of Antioch.
1291 - Sultan of Egypt & his son take last Christian stronghold of Acre
1302 - Bruges Matins; the nocturnal massacre of the French garrison in Bruges by local Flemish militia.
1385 - Peace of Doornik: Gent & Louis van Thoughts
1593 - Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.
1596 - Willem Barents leaves Amsterdam for Novaya Zemlya
1619 - Hugo the Great sentenced to life in prison
1631 - English colony Massachusetts Bay grants puritarian voting right
1631 - John Winthrop is elected 1st governor of Massachusetts
1642 - Montreal Canada founded
1652 - Rhode Island enacts 1st law declaring slavery illegal
1703 - Dutch & English troops occupy Cologne
1756 - England declares war on France
1765 - Fire destroys a large part of Montreal, Quebec.

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Famous Birthdays

Born Today

Last Emperor of Russia Nicholas II (1868)

Birthdays 1 - 15 of 232

1048 - Omar Khayyám, Persian mathematician, poet and philosopher (d. 1131)
1186 - Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (d. 1218)
1474 - Isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua (d. 1539)
1610 - Stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker (d. 1664)
1662 - George Smalridge, English bishop of Bristol (d. 1719)
1692 - Joseph Butler, Wantage Berkshire, theologian
1711 - Ruggiero G Boscovich, [Rudzer J Boskovic], Italian astronomer
1744 - Joseph Beer, Bohemia clarinetist/composer (5th clarinet flap)
1759 - Charles Duquesnoy, composer
1778 - Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (d. 1854)
1785 - John Wilson, Scottish writer (d. 1854)
1788 - Hugh Clapperton, Annan Scotland, African explorer
1797 - Frederick Augustus II, King of Saxony (1836-54)
1798 - Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1870
1815 - Thomas Stanhope Bocock, rep (Confederacy), died in 1891

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Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 6 of 6

1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine
1996 - NFL Buffalo Bills quarterback Jim Kelly (36) weds former marketing director Jill Waggoner (27) at St. Christopher's Catholic Church in suburban Buffalo
1996 - "As the World Turns" actor Shawn Christian (30) weds personal trainer Deborah Quinn in Gun Lake, Michigan
2003 - Actress Rena Sofer (34) weds director and producer Sanford Bookstaver (29) in Malibu, California
2005 - Television presenter and former Miss Germany Verona Feldbusch (37) weds German entrepreneur Franjo Pooth at the San Diego Court House in San Diego, California
2007 - Grammy award-winning singer Amy Winehouse (23) weds former video production assistant Blake Fielder-Civil (25) in Miami, Florida

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Famous Divorces

Divorces 1 - 1 of 1

1989 - Lisa Strawberry files for divorce from Darryl

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Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 15 of 100

526 - John I, Pope (523-26), dies
1160 - Erik IX Helgi, [The Saint], King of Sweden, dies
1401 - Władysław Opolczyk (German: Ladislaus von Oppel, count palatine of Hungary 1367-1372, governor of Halych-Volhynia 1372 - 1378, count palatine of Poland
1410 - Ruprecht, Roman catholics German king, dies
1450 - Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1397)
1550 - John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (b. 1498)
1551 - Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. 1486)
1584 - Ikeda Motosuke, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1559)
1587 - Felix van Cantalice, Italian saint, dies
1625 - Francisco Gomez de Sandoval y Rojas, Spanish marquis of Denia, dies
1653 - Carel Reyniersz, gov-gen (Neth East Indies), dies at 48
1675 - Jacques Marquette jesuit/missionaries (Chicago), dies at 37
1675 - Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (b. 1623)
1692 - Elias Ashmole, antiquary, dies
1724 - Johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch doctor for deaf-mutes, dies at 54