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Events that took place in the month of May

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1049 Earthquake in Midlands 1118 Queen Matilda dies 1185 Eclipse 1436 Richard, Duke of York is appointed Lieutenant-general 1511 Joust at Greenwich	1497 John Cabot sets sail for Asia 1536 Anne Boleyn arrested		1312 Edward and Gaveston flee 1471 The Battle of Tewkesbury
6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
1097 Siege of Nicaea 1191 Richard sails to Cyprus		1429 Siege of Orleans is lifted	1308 Thomas Earl of Lancaster 1502 Columbus starts his fourth voyage	1291 Edward I meets Scottish Claimants 1307 Battle of Loudoun Hill
11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
973 Coronation of King Edgar 1068 Matilda is crowned Queen 1191 Meeting in Limassol 1258 Treaty of Corbeil	1191 Richard marries Berengaria 1343 The Black Prince becomes Prince of Wales	1515 Mary and Suffolk marry	1264 Battle of Lewes
16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
1450 Bayeux surrendered to the French	1215 London falls to the Rebels	1216 A storm hits John's fleet	1312 Gaveston surrenders 1536 Execution of Anne Boleyn	1217 Battle of Lincoln 1301 Treaty finally signed 1506 Death of Columbus
21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th
1172 Compromise of Avranches 1216 Prince Louis of France claims English Throne 1382 Earthquake 1420 Treaty of Troyes 1455 The Yorkists are summoned 1471 The murder of Henry VI 1527 Birth of Philip II of Spain	1128 Matilda marries Geoffrey Plantagenet 1149 Henry II knighted by David 1200 Philippe and John sign a treaty 1455 Battle of St Albans	1430 Joan of Arc is captured 1533 Marriage to Catherine of Aragon declared illegal	1086 Election of Pope Victor III 1089 Lanfranc dies 1321 Meeting at Pontefract 1444 Betrothal of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou 1487 Lambert Simnel crowned in Dublin	1261 Death of Pope Alexander IV 1502 Columbus leaves the Canary Islands
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1465 Elizabeth crowned	1199 John is crowned King of England 1215 A truce is sought	1265 Edward escapes 1533 Marriage to Anne Boleyn declared legal		1213 French fleet defeated 1431 Joan of Arc burnt at the stake 1445 Margaret of Anjou crowned 1498 Columbus begins his third voyage 1536 Henry marries Jane Seymour
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1st

1049 Earthquake in Midlands

1118 Queen Matilda dies

1185 Eclipse

1436 Richard, Duke of York is appointed Lieutenant-general

1511 Joust at Greenwich

2nd

1497 John Cabot sets sail for Asia

1536 Anne Boleyn arrested

3rd

4th

1312 Edward and Gaveston flee

1471 The Battle of Tewkesbury

5th

6th

1097 Siege of Nicaea

1191 Richard sails to Cyprus

7th

8th

1429 Siege of Orleans is lifted

9th

1308 Thomas Earl of Lancaster

1502 Columbus starts his fourth voyage

10th

1291 Edward I meets Scottish Claimants

1307 Battle of Loudoun Hill

11th

973 Coronation of King Edgar

1068 Matilda is crowned Queen

1191 Meeting in Limassol

1258 Treaty of Corbeil

12th

1191 Richard marries Berengaria

1343 The Black Prince becomes Prince of Wales

13th

1515 Mary and Suffolk marry

14th

1264 Battle of Lewes

15th

16th

1450 Bayeux surrendered to the French

17th

1215 London falls to the Rebels

18th

1216 A storm hits John's fleet

19th

1312 Gaveston surrenders

1536 Execution of Anne Boleyn

20th

1217 Battle of Lincoln

1301 Treaty finally signed

1506 Death of Columbus

21st

1172 Compromise of Avranches

1216 Prince Louis of France claims English Throne

1382 Earthquake

1420 Treaty of Troyes

1455 The Yorkists are summoned

1471 The murder of Henry VI

1527 Birth of Philip II of Spain

22nd

1128 Matilda marries Geoffrey Plantagenet

1149 Henry II knighted by David

1200 Philippe and John sign a treaty

1455 Battle of St Albans

23rd

1430 Joan of Arc is captured

1533 Marriage to Catherine of Aragon declared illegal

24th

1086 Election of Pope Victor III

1089 Lanfranc dies

1321 Meeting at Pontefract

1444 Betrothal of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou

1487 Lambert Simnel crowned in Dublin

25th

1261 Death of Pope Alexander IV

1502 Columbus leaves the Canary Islands

26th

1465 Elizabeth crowned

27th

1199 John is crowned King of England

1215 A truce is sought

28th

1265 Edward escapes

1533 Marriage to Anne Boleyn declared legal

29th

30th

1213 French fleet defeated

1431 Joan of Arc burnt at the stake

1445 Margaret of Anjou crowned

1498 Columbus begins his third voyage

1536 Henry marries Jane Seymour

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Other events occurring in May

804 Death of Alcuin of York	946 Eadred becomes King of Wessex	1016 Canute attacks London
1052 Godwines invade England	1066 Tostig invades the south of England	1088 William puts down the revolt
1091 Malcolm III invades the North	1094 Duncan II becomes King of the Scots	1123 Egyptian navy destroyed off Ascalon
1138 Robert sides with Matilda	1147 The start of the Second Crusade	1152 Henry marries Eleanor
1169 Dermot retakes Leinster	1170 Raymond de Gros lands in Ireland	1174 Richard I seizes the town of Saintes from his father, Henry II
1177 Council at Oxford	1184 Fire destroys Glastonbury Abbey	1189 Frederick Barbarossa's Crusade begins
1194 Richard leaves England	1199 John succeeds Richard I	1199 Important Appointments
1201 John sails to Normandy	1202 Wallingford Castle granted to Hubert de Burgh	1213 King John's first act of submission
1220 Coronation of Henry III	1261 Henry back in control	1264 Henry's war with the Barons
1271 Edward reaches Acre	1274 Little battle of Chalons	1275 Statute of Westminster
1283 Harlech Castle begun	1294 Philippe IV confiscates Gascony	1298 Edward at York
1300 Edward starts another Scottish campaign	1303 Edward's last campaign in Scotland	1322 Parliament at York
1323 Treaty signed	1328 Treaty of Northampton	1348 The Plague reaches Paris
1360 Treaty of Bretigny	1381 Start of the Peasant's Revolt	1389 Richard II declared his intention to rule freely
1404 Glyndwr's Parliament	1405 Scrope executed	1422 Meaux falls to the English
1424 James I crowned	1450 Revolt in Kent	1450 Death of William de la Pole
1460 Warwick returns to Calais	1463 Alnwick Castle in Lancastrian hands	1464 Edward secretly marries
1464 Battle of Hexham	1470 Warwick and Clarence escape to France	1471 London attacked by rebels
1494 Jamaica Explored	1498 Cabot disappears on voyage	1527 Wolsey sets up secret court
1544 Burning of Edinburgh