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May 25 in history

219 sourced entries recorded on May 25, from 567 BCE to 2025 CE. Every line is quoted from the revision it came from.

Events

  • 567 BCEServius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans.source
  • 240 BCEChinese astronomers make the first recorded observation of Halley's Comet.source
  • 1073King Sancho IV of Navarre and Ahmad al-Muqtadir, Muslim ruler of the Taifa of Zaragoza, conclude an alliance by treaty.source
  • 1085King Alfonso VI of León and Castile ("the Brave") recaptures Toledo from the Moors, and occupies other cities such as Madrid and Talavera (including the castle of Aledo). Alfonso moves his capital to Toledo, and consolidates his power between Sistema Central and the Tagus River, from where he launches more attacks against the taifas of Córdoba, Seville, Badajoz and Granada (modern Spain).source
  • 1096May 18–26 – The Worms massacre: Members of the People's Crusade under Emicho besiege Worms in the Rhineland before killing at least 800 Jews, despite the intervention of Bishop Adalbert II. He tries to hide some of them in the bishop's palace, others chose to remain outside its walls. One of the victims is Minna of Worms, an influential Jew among the Christian nobility.source
  • 1225At his royal palace in Bergen, King Haakon IV of Norway marries Margaret Skulesdatter, daughter of Haakon's rival for the throne, Skule Bårdsson.source
  • 1300Rudolf III, the Habsburg Duke of Austria since 1298, marries the eldest daughter of King Philip III of France, Princess Blanche. The couple remain married until her death on March 1, 1305.source
  • 1359The French States-General repudiates the terms of the Second Treaty of London, signed earlier in the year between England and France.source
  • 1368The Duchy of Wolgast, created more than 200 years earlier in 1160 as part of the division of the Duchy of Pomerania, is divided among the heirs of the late Barnim IV, who had been co-ruler with his brothers Wartislaw V and Bogislaw V.source
  • 1369Dương Nhật Lễ becomes the new Emperor of Vietnam (Dai Viet) upon the death of the Emperor Trần Dụ Tông.source
  • 1420Prince Henry the Navigator is appointed Grand Master of the Military Order of Christ.source
  • 1455Petru Aron retakes the position of Prince of Moldavia after forcing Prince Alexăndrel (who had taken the throne from him on February 24) to flee the country.source
  • 1457The city of Danzig (now Gdańsk) is granted full autonomy by King Casimir IV of Poland.source
  • 1463The Kingdom of Bosnia falls to the Ottoman Empire as the last monarch, King Stephen Tomašević, is captured and executed by orders of the Sultan Mehmed II. According to the chronicle of Benedetto Dei, the Sultan himself carries out the beheading.source
  • 1475Having invaded Castile, King Afonso V of Portugal is betrothed to his first cousin, Juana la Beltraneja, Princess of Asturias, who had been identified on May 9, 1462, as heir to the Castilian throne as the daughter of King Enrique IV, and claims his right to rule the Kingdom of Castile and León. On May 30, Afonso and Juana then hold court at the small town of Toro for the former proclamation of themselves as joint rulers of Castile, an office held in the rest of the kingdom by Queen Isabella and King Fernando.source
  • 1482German printer Erhard Ratdolt creates the first printed edition of The Elements, originally written by the Greek mathematician Euclid around 300 BC and translated from ancient Greek into Latin by Campanus of Novara in the 13th century. The date for the printing of one of the most influential books in history is printed by Ratdolt on the title page.source
  • 1513Giano II di Campofregoso resigns as Doge of the Republic of Genoa as plots by two opposing families restore the influence of France. Campogregoso leaves the city on a ship to serve the Republic of Venice in its war against the Duchy of Milan.source
  • 1521The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw and banning his literature.source
  • 1539The inaugural declaration of the Protestant Reformation takes place in Leipzig (now part of Germany) with Martin Luther present, as Duke Henry IV pledges to adopt Lutheranism as the official religion of make the Duchy of Saxony.source
  • 1544On orders of King Henry VIII, the English Navy, commanded by Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, begins crossing the English Channel to invade from the west with 19,000 troops, while Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, commences an invasion of France from the east.source
  • 1553Lady Jane Grey, a 16-year-old first cousin of King Edward VI of England, marries Lord Guildford Dudley, son of the Duke of Northumberland, who has engineered the marriage.source
  • 1555Jeanne d'Albret becomes the Queen of Navarre upon the death of her father, King Henry II.source
  • 1555Antoine de Bourbon (1518–1562) and Jeanne d'Albret become king and queen of Navarre.source
  • 1563Elizabeth College, Guernsey is founded, by order of Queen Elizabeth I of England.source
  • 1566King Philip II of Spain issues laws against the remaining Spanish Muslims, including a ban against use of the Arabic language, wearing of traditional Arab or Muslim clothing, a requirement that doors in their homes and buildings be kept open every Friday and on Muslim feast days (in order to verify that Muslim rituals are not observed), and forces the tearing down of public and private bathhouses (to prevent purification rites).source
  • 1571The Holy League is established as an alliance of the Papal States, the Republic of Venice, the Republic of Genoa, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, the Duchy of Savoy, the Duchy of Urbino, the Kingdom of Naples and Kingdom of Sicily under the rule of the Spanish Empire and the Knights of Malta for mutual defense against attacks by the Ottoman Empire on ships in the Mediterranean Sea.source
  • 1602May 25 (May 15 Old Style) – English explorer Bartholomew Gosnold, sailing in the Concord, becomes the first European at Cape Cod.source
  • 1612A Sicilian–Spanish galley fleet defeats the Tunisians at La Goulette after a battle.source
  • 1616King James I of England's former favourite, the Earl of Somerset, and his wife Frances, are convicted of the murder of Thomas Overbury in 1613. They are spared death, and are sentenced to imprisonment in the Tower of London (until 1622). Although the King has ordered the investigation of the poet's murder and allowed his former court favorite to be arrested and tried, his court, now under the influence of George Villiers, gains the reputation of being corrupt and vile. The sale of peerages (beginning in July) and the royal visit of James's brother-in-law, Christian IV of Denmark, a notorious drunkard, add further scandal.source
  • 1622The English ship Tryall, which left Plymouth, England for Batavia (now Jakarta), wrecks on the Tryal Rocks, nine months later (the wreck is discovered in 1969).source
  • 1622the East India Company ship Tryall sinks when it hits the Tryal Rocks reef off Australia. 94 out of the 143 crew die.source
  • 1624The Scottish city of Dunfermline is destroyed by fire, but The Abbey, The Palace, the Abbot House and many other buildings survive.source
  • 1629May 14–28 – Huguenot rebellions: After a 15-day siege, Louis XIII of France captures Privas.source
  • 1630Fedorovych uprising: The Zaporozhian Cossacks, led by Taras Triasylo, defeat Polish and Lithuanian troops led by General Stanisław Koniecpolski near Pereiaslav. The battle is later the subject of the Ukrainian language poem Tarasova nich.source
  • 1637letters patent authorise 'Laudian statutes' for Trinity College Dublin.source
  • 1644Ming general Wu Sangui forms an alliance with the invading Manchus and opens the gates of the Great Wall of China at Shanhaiguan Pass, letting the Manchus through towards the capital Beijing.source
  • 1645May 20–30 - Yangzhou massacre, one of the most destructive massacres in historysource
  • 1658Siege of Dunkirk beginssource
  • 1659Richard Cromwell (son of Oliver) resigns as Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.source
  • 1659Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector after the Rump promises to pay his debts and a pension. The executive government is replaced by the restored Council of State, dominated by Generals John Lambert, Charles Fleetwood (Richard Cromwell's brother-in-law) and John Desborough.source
  • 1660King Charles II lands at Dover.source
  • 1660Charles II lands on Dover beach and is met by Monck.source
  • 1686The third war against the Protestant Valdesi ends. Soon afterward, 2,000 of the Valdesi are massacred, 8,500 taken prisoner and about 3,000 surviving civilians forcibly resettled and converted to Catholicism.source
  • 1689last collection of hearth tax; it is replaced by a poll tax.source
  • 1689The last hearth tax is collected in England and Wales.source
  • 1701Christian Gyldenløve marries Dorothea Krag in Copenhagen.source
  • 1711Helsingør is put under military blockade to prevent an outbreak of plague from spreading to Copenhagen. A total of 1,809, about one third of Helsingør's population, are killed by the disease in 1711. The efforts to keep the disease from spreading fail and a total of 40,000 people in Copenhagen and northern Zealand are killed by the disease during the outbreak. The blockade of Helsingør is not lifted until 25 July 1712.source
  • 1719An earthquake in Turkey damages İzmit and Istanbul, damaging some city walls and ruining mosques and palaces.source
  • 1720The British privateer Speedwell, captained by George Shelvocke, is wrecked off of the coast of Chile on the uninhabited "Robinson Crusoe Island" (Más a Tierra, where Alexander Selkirk was marooned for 5 years). The crew is marooned for 5 months but can build a boat from timbers salvaged from the wreck, and is able to escape the island on October 6.source
  • 1721The Battle of Sundsvall during the Russian Pillage of 1719-1721.source
  • 1726Britain's first circulating library is opened in Edinburgh by poet and bookseller Allan Ramsay.source
  • 1728Pope Gregory VII (Hildebrand of Sovana), who served as pontiff from 1073 to 1085, is canonized as a Roman Catholic saint.source
  • 1734Spanish forces under the command of José Carrillo de Albornoz, 1st Duke of Montemar, defeat the Austrian forces, completing the conquest of the Kingdom of Naples at the Battle of Bitonto.source
  • 1738The military phase of Cresap's War between the British North American Provinces of Maryland and Pennsylvania is ended when King George II of Great Britain negotiates a cease-fire.source
  • 1763The first newspaper in Norway ("Norske Intelligenz-Seddeler") published its first issue.source
  • 1776May 15–26 – American Revolution: Battle of the Cedars – British forces skirmish with the American Continental Army around Les Cèdres, Quebec.source
  • 1782June 12 – American Revolutionary War: Crawford expeditionsource
  • 178225 May–12 June – American Revolutionary War – Crawford expedition.source
  • 1787In Philadelphia, delegates begin to convene the Constitutional Convention, intended to amend the Articles of Confederation (however, a new United States Constitution is eventually produced). George Washington presides over the Convention.source
  • 1787In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, delegates begin to convene a Constitutional Convention intended to amend the Articles of Confederation. However, a new Constitution for the United States is eventually produced. George Washington presides over the Convention.source
  • 1788The Royal Dramatic Theatre is inaugurated in Bollhuset in Stockholm.source
  • 1793French expedition to Sardinia: The last French troops occupying the small Sardinian island of San Pietro surrender to a Spanish fleet.source
  • 1803Speaker of the House of Commons Charles Abbot allows journalists to report the proceedings of the House of Commons.source
  • 1806George Sweeney allegedly poisons the household of his great-uncle, Founding Father George Wythe, in order to accelerate his inheritance.source
  • 1810May 18–25 – May Revolution: Armed citizens of Buenos Aires expel the Viceroy and establish a provincial government for Argentina (the Primera Junta). Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros is removed.source
  • 1812Felling mine disaster: A mine explosion at the Felling colliery near Jarrow, England, leaves 96 dead.source
  • 1812Felling mine disaster: mine explosion at Felling colliery near Jarrow, 96 dead.source
  • 1820failure of Roche's Bank and stoppage of Leslie's Bank in Cork.source
  • 1823The Duke of Angoulême, commander of the invading French forces, establishes a regency in Madrid on behalf of Ferdinand VII who remains a captive of the Spanish government.source
  • 1823The Catholic Association, a campaign for Catholic emancipation within the United Kingdom, begins in Ireland at a meeting of 13 people at a bookseller's house on Capel Street in Dublin.source
  • 1826The General Constituent Congress convenes in Chuquisaca.source
  • 1827Romanian inventor Petrache Poenaru receives a French patent for the invention of the first fountain pen.source
  • 1833The Chilean Constitution of 1833 is promulgated.source
  • 1833The Chilean Constitution of 1833 is promulgated.source
  • 1833Royal Horticultural Society holds the first flower show in Britain.source
  • 1839May 25 Manuel Sánchez Mármol – writer, lawyer, politician, and a member of the Mexican Academy of Language was born in Cunduacán, Tabascosource
  • 1845A theater fire in Canton, China, kills 1,670.source
  • 1850The hippopotamus Obaysch arrives at London Zoo from Egypt, the first seen in Europe since Roman times.source
  • 1850The hippopotamus Obaysch arrives at London Zoo from Egypt, the first to live in the British Isles since prehistoric times.source
  • 1857Flying Eagle cent released for circulation.source
  • 1870May 25 The Fenian Brotherhood attacks Eccles hill in Quebec.source
  • 1878Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore debuts in London at the Opera Comique, with a first run of 571 performances.source
  • 1882John Sparrow David Thompson becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Simon H. Holmes.source
  • 1887The Hells Canyon massacre begins: 34 Chinese gold miners are ambushed and murdered in Hells Canyon, Oregon, United States.source
  • 1895R. v. Wilde: Oscar Wilde is convicted in London of "unlawfully committing acts of gross indecency with certain male persons" (under the Labouchere Amendment) and given a two years' sentence of hard labour, during which he will write De Profundis.source
  • 1895Criminal case of Regina v. Wilde: After a retrial at the Old Bailey, Oscar Wilde is convicted of gross indecency and is taken to Pentonville Prison to begin his two years' sentence of hard labour. On 21 November he is transferred to Reading Gaol.source
  • 1899A fire in Saint John, New Brunswick, destroys 150 buildings and renders over 1,000 people homeless.source
  • 1901The Club Atlético River Plate is founded in Argentina.source
  • 1911Mexican Revolution: Porfirio Díaz signs his resignation and leaves for Veracruz; on May 31 he leaves for exile in France.source
  • 1912May 25–26 – The British driver Cyril Snipe and his co-driver Pedrini win the 1912 Targa Florio endurance automobile race on Sicily.source
  • 1913May 24–25 – Adolf Hitler moves from Vienna to Munich.source
  • 1913The Deportes Santa Cruz football club is founded.source
  • 1914The House of Commons of the United Kingdom passes the Government of Ireland Act 1914, the "Irish Home Rule Bill".source
  • 1915China agrees to the Twenty-One Demands of the Japanese.source
  • 1915the Yuan government accepts four out of the five set of demands issued in the Twenty-One Demandssource
  • 1918May 21–29 - The Ottoman World War I defeat at the Battle of Sardarabad is seen as saving the Armenian nation from destruction.source
  • 1919Estonian War of Independence: Estonian forces capture Pskov from the Red Army, and soon hand it over to the White forces.source
  • 1919Francisco "Pancho" Villa takes the town of Parral, Chihuahua, and hangs the mayor.source
  • 1921Irish War of Independence: The Irish Republican Army occupies and burns The Custom House in Dublin, the centre of local government in Ireland. Five IRA men are killed, and over 80 are captured by the British Army which surrounds the building.source
  • 19231923 Torbat-e Heydarieh earthquake.source
  • 1923May 21–25 – 1923 Far Eastern Games held in Osaka.source
  • 1932Goofy makes his appearance in the Disney animated short Mickey's Revue.source
  • 1932The Albanian Nationalistic newspaper Kosova is first published in Bucharest.source
  • 1936The Remington Rand strike of 1936–37 begins, spawning the notorious Mohawk Valley formula, a corporate plan for strikebreaking.source
  • 1940The Crypt of Civilization time capsule at Oglethorpe University, Brookhaven, Georgia in the United States, is sealed shut, with a projected opening date of 8113 CE.source
  • 1942Four ships leave Hokkaido to stage a diversionary raid on the Aleutian Islands.source
  • 1947Hyundai Togun, the initial name of the Hyundai Group, is founded by Chung Ju-young.source
  • 1948The United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) is founded at Ellinwood Malate Church in Manila.source
  • 1949Ministry of International Trade and Industry formed.source
  • 1950The Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel is formally opened to traffic in New York City.source
  • 1951May 25–26 – British spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean leave the United Kingdom to defect to the Soviet Union.source
  • 1953Nuclear testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its only nuclear artillery test: Upshot-Knothole Grable.source
  • 1953The Singapore Customs Department seized 1.5 tons of opium hidden in a lorry around the Orchard Road area.source
  • 1955Joe Brown and George Band are the first to climb Kangchenjunga in the Himalayas, as part of the British Kangchenjunga expedition led by Charles Evans.source
  • 1956India announces the institution of diplomatic relations with Francoist Spain.source
  • 1961Apollo program: U.S. President Kennedy announces, before a special joint session of Congress, that the United States "should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth".source
  • 1961The Bukit Ho Swee Fire kills 4 people and destroys 2,200 attap houses.source
  • 1962The new Coventry Cathedral is consecrated in England. On 30 May, Benjamin Britten's War Requiem is premiered here.source
  • 1963The Organisation of African Unity is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.source
  • 1965Muhammad Ali knocks out Sonny Liston in the first round of their championship rematch with the "Phantom Punch" at the Central Maine Civic Center in Lewiston.source
  • 1966No. 9 Squadron RAAF becomes part of the 4,500 strong Australian Task Force assigned to duties in Vietnam, leaving for Southeast Asia aboard the aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney.source
  • 1966Explorer program: Satellite Explorer 32 (Atmosphere Explorer-B) is launched from the United States.source
  • 1967Celtic F.C. defeat Inter Milan 2–1 in Lisbon to win the European Cup, becoming the first British football club to win the competition. The team, later nicknamed the Lisbon Lions, was composed entirely of players born within 30 miles of Glasgow.source
  • 1973Héctor José Cámpora becomes democratic president of the Argentine Republic ending the 1966 to 1973 Revolución Argentina military dictatorship.source
  • 1973Skylab 2 (Pete Conrad, Paul Weitz, Joseph Kerwin) is launched on a mission to repair damage to the recently launched Skylab space station.source
  • 1975Bobby Unser wins the Indianapolis 500 for a second time in a rain-shorted 174 lap, 700 km race.source
  • 1977Star Wars is released in the United States by director George Lucas, It immediately became a major pop culture phenomenon, and became a major box office hit for the next 6 years.source
  • 1978First Unabomber attack: A bomb explodes in the security section of Northwestern University, wounding a security guard.source
  • 1978In a rematch of the previous season, the Montreal Canadiens again defeat the Boston Bruins, this time four games to two, to win the Stanley Cup.source
  • 1979Etan Patz, six years old, is kidnapped in New York. He is often referred to as the "Boy on the Milk Carton" and the investigation later sprouts into one of the most famous child abduction cases of all time. This is a cold case until 2010 when it is re-opened. In April 2017, Pedro Hernandez is convicted of the murder and kidnapping and sentenced to life imprisonment.source
  • 1979American Airlines Flight 191: In Chicago, a DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport, killing all 271 on board and 2 people on the ground in the deadliest aviation accident in U.S. history.source
  • 1980May 18–27 – Gwangju Uprising: Students in Gwangju, South Korea, begin demonstrations, calling for democratic reforms.source
  • 1981In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created among Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.source
  • 1982British ships HMS Coventry and SS Atlantic Conveyor are sunk during the Falklands War; Coventry by two A-4C Skyhawks and Atlantic Conveyor by two Exocets.source
  • 1983Hamburger SV defeat Juventus 1–0 in the final of the European Cup.source
  • 1986The 1986 Colombian presidential election is held.source
  • 1986Hands Across America: At least 5,000,000 people form a human chain from New York City to Long Beach, California, to raise money to fight hunger and homelessness.source
  • 1986The Bangladeshi double-decked ferry Shamia capsizes in the Meghna River, southern Barisal, Bangladesh, killing more than 500 by some estimates.source
  • 19861986 Bangladesh maritime disaster, double-decked ferry Shamia capsizes in the Meghna River, southern Barisal, Bangladesh, killing at least 600.source
  • 1989The Calgary Flames defeat the Montreal Canadiens four games to two to win the franchise's first Stanley Cup in ice hockey.source
  • 1989May 12–25 – San Bernardino train disaster: Southern Pacific freight locomotive SP 7551 East derails in a residential area of San Bernardino, California, killing four and destroying seven houses. On May 25, as a direct result of the derailment, the Calnev Pipeline explodes, killing an additional two people and destroying eleven more houses and 21 cars.source
  • 1992In PepsiCo's promotion Number Fever, the winning number "349" is announced with a million-peso prize; however, an error causes more than 600,000 winners; several violent incidents followed. By following year, about 22,000 people filed more than five thousand lawsuits against Pepsi, outnumbering those against former Pres. Ferdinand Marcos and Imelda Marcos. In 2006, a court would rule in favor of Pepsi.source
  • 1995June 24 – The 1995 Rugby World Cup takes place in South Africa and is won by the host nation after beating New Zealand in the final; this was the Springboks tournament debut after World Rugby lifted their ban following the end of apartheid.source
  • 1997A military coup in Sierra Leone replaces President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah with Major Johnny Paul Koroma.source
  • 2000Philippine peso closes to ₱43.40 per US dollar, the lowest since October 1998.source
  • 2003A Boeing 727 aircraft is stolen from an airport in Luanda, Angola triggering an international terrorist investigation by the FBI and CIA. The aircraft and its pilots were never found.source
  • 2006Scientists confirm the theory that HIV originated among wild chimpanzees in Cameroon.source
  • 2008NASA's uncrewed Phoenix spacecraft becomes the first to land on the northern polar region of Mars.source
  • 2009North Korea announces that it has conducted a second successful nuclear test in North Hamgyong Province. The United Nations Security Council condemns the reported test.source
  • 2010May 25–29 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2010 takes place in Oslo, Norway, and is won by German entrant Lena with the song "Satellite".source
  • 2012Houla massacre takes place, perpetrated by the Syrian Arab Army, with 108 being killed.source
  • 2012May 22–26 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 takes place in Baku, Azerbaijan, and is won by Swedish entrant Loreen with the song "Euphoria".source
  • 2018The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect, imposing strict privacy controls for European citizens worldwide.source
  • 2018A constitutional referendum on whether to repeal the ban on abortion in Ireland takes place, with a landslide win of 66.4% to 33.6% for the repeal side.source
  • 20202020 Surinamese general electionsource
  • 2025The 2025 Surinamese general election is held.source

Births

  • 1048Shenzong, emperor of the Song dynasty (died 1085)source
  • 1271Shah Jalal, Indian Sufi leader and mystic (died 1346)source
  • 1320Toghon Temür (Emperor Huizong), Mongol emperor (died 1370)source
  • 1334Emperor Sukō (died 1398)source
  • 1416Jakobus, nobleman from Lichtenberg in the northern part of Alsace (died 1480)source
  • 1417Catherine of Cleves, Duchess consort regent of Guelders (died 1479)source
  • 1461Zanobi Acciaioli, librarian of the Vatican (died 1519)source
  • 1550Camillus de Lellis, Italian saint and nurse (died 1614)source
  • 1572Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, German musician (died 1632)source
  • 1713John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, British politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (died 1792)source
  • 1783Philip P. Barbour, American politician, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (died 1841)source
  • 1803Ralph Waldo Emerson, American writer (died 1882)source
  • 1803Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English novelist, playwright and politician (died 1873)source
  • 1803Ralph Waldo Emerson, essayist and poet (died 1882)source
  • 1846Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (died 1923)source
  • 1879Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Canadian-born British statesman and newspaper publisher (died 1964)source
  • 1883Lesley J. McNair, American general (died 1944)source
  • 1889Günther Lütjens, German admiral (died 1941)source
  • 1986Joëlle Mbumi Nkouindjin, athletesource

Deaths

  • 615Pope Boniface IV dies after a 7-year reign, in which he has converted the Pantheon into the Church of "Santa Maria Rotonda". He is succeeded by Adeodatus I (also known as Deusdedit) as the 68th pope of Rome.source
  • 675Li Hong, prince of the Tang dynasty (born 652)source
  • 709Aldhelm, bishop of Sherbornesource
  • 803Higbald, bishop of Lindisfarnesource
  • 912Xue Yiju, chancellor of Later Liangsource
  • 916Flann Sinna, king of Meathsource
  • 939Yao Yanzhang, general of Chusource
  • 986Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Persian astronomer (born 903)source
  • 992Mieszko I, prince (duke) of Polandsource
  • 992Mieszko I, prince (duke) of the Polans, dies after a reign of more than 30 years at Poznań. He is succeeded by his son Bolesław I the Brave who becomes ruler of Poland. Having inherited the principality (located between the Oder and the Warta rivers), Bolesław forms an alliance with the Holy Roman Empire.source
  • 1008Matilda of Saxony, countess of Flanderssource
  • 1085Gregory VII, pope of the Catholic Churchsource
  • 1173Euphrosyne of Polotsk, Belarusian granddaughtersource
  • 1175Ishoyahb V, patriarch of the Church of the Eastsource
  • 1261Alexander IV, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1199)source
  • 1261Pope Alexander IV dies after a pontificate of 6-years at Viterbo. He is succeeded by Urban IV as the 182nd pope of the Catholic Church.source
  • 1291Bengt Birgersson, Swedish duke and bishop (born 1254)source
  • 1310Otto III, Duke of Carinthia, dies and is succeeded by his younger brother, King Henry of Bohemia, Margrave of Moravia and the nominal King of Poland.source
  • 1310Otto III, Austrian nobleman (House of Gorizia)source
  • 1401Maria, Queen of Sicily since 1377 since succeeding her father, King Frederick the Simple, dies after a reign of almost 34 years.source
  • 1401Queen Maria of Sicily (born 1363)source
  • 1463King Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia (beheaded)source
  • 1480William III, Count of Henneberg-Schleusingen (born 1434)source
  • 1510Cardinal Georges d'Ambroise, aka Monseigneur le Ledat. Adviser to King Louis XII (born 1460)source
  • 1510Georges d'Amboise, French cardinal and politician. (born 1460)source
  • 1555Henri d'Albret (born 1503)source
  • 1558Elisabeth of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen (1525–1540) (born 1510)source
  • 1595Philip Neri, Italian Roman Catholic priest and saint (born 1515)source
  • 1607Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, Italian Carmelite nun and mystic (born 1566)source
  • 1622Pedro Páez, Spanish Jesuit missionary in Ethiopia (born 1564)source
  • 1646Just Høg, statesman and landowner (born 1584)source
  • 1681Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish dramatist and poet (born 1600)source
  • 1711In Denmark, Helsingør is put under military blockade to prevent an outbreak of plague from spreading to Copenhagen; this year about one third of Helsingør's population is killed by the disease.source
  • 1786Peter III of Portugal, consort of Queen Maria I of Portugal (born 1717)source
  • 1805William Paley, English philosopher (born 1743)source
  • 1822Christos Palaskas and Alexis Noutsos are executed by Odysseas Androutsos' forces.source
  • 1880Peter Wilhelm Lund, natural scientist (born 1801 in Denmark)source
  • 1926Symon Petliura, Ukrainian independence fighter (born 1879)source
  • 1930Randall Davidson, English clergyman, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1848)source
  • 1934Gustav Holst, British composer (born 1874)source
  • 1950Yong Yit Lin, former President of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce (born 1897).source
  • 1964May 24–25 – The crowd at a football match in Lima, Peru, riots over a referee's decision in the Peru-Argentina game; 319 are killed, 500 injured.source
  • 1980May 18–27 - Gwangju massacre: Up to 165 people are killed when a popular uprising in the city of Gwangju is crushed by the South Korean army.source
  • 2013T. M. Soundararajan, 91, Indian playback singer.source