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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

6th7th8th9th10th
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

11th12th13th14th15th
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

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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

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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
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

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