On this day in History - May 26

Published: May 25, 2008, 7:37 pm

Tags: this day in history, efemerides

0451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place. The Armenians are defeated militarily but are guaranteed freedom to openly practice Christianity. 0604 - Augustine of Canterbury dies. 0818 - Ali ar-Rida dies (b. 0766). Shia Imam. 0946 - King Edmund I of England dies (b. 0921). 1055 - Margrave Adalbert of Austria dies. 1182 - Portugal: D.Afonso Henriques concede o primeiro foral vila de Coruche.1264 - Prince Koreyasu was born (d. 1326). 7th Kamakura shogun of Japan. 1293 - Earthquake strikes Kamakura, Japan, kills 30,000. 1328 - William of Ockham secretly leaves Avignon under threat from Pope John XXII. 1421 - Mehmed I dies (b. 1389). Ottoman Sultan.1478 - Pope Clement VII was born (d. 1534). 1512 - Bayezid II dies. Ottoman Sultan 1521 - Martin Luther was declared a heretic by the Edict of Worms because of his religious beliefs and writings.1536 - Francesco Berni dies. Italian poet. 1538 - Geneva expels John Calvin. 1566 - Mehmed III was born

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