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May 10, 70 Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, opened a full-scale assault on Jerusalem and attacked the city's Third Wall to the northwest. 1291 Scottish nobles recognized the authority of Edward I of England.

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May 9, 1457 BC Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC) between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh. It was the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.328 Athanasius was elected Patriarch bishop of Alexandria. 1092 Lincoln Cathedral wass consecrated.
1386 England and Portugal signed the Treaty of Windsor, the oldest alliance in Europe still in force. 1671 The crown jewels were briefly stolen from the Tower of London by Irish adventurer Colonel Thomas Blood.

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May 8, 589 – Reccared(or Recared)I (559–601)(reigned 586–601) was Visigothic King of Hispania, Septimania and Galicia. His reign marked a climactic shift in history, with the king's renunciation of traditional Arianism in favour of Catholic Christianity in 587,summoned the Third Council of Toledo.The council also enacted restrictions on Jews, and the conversion of the country to Christianity led to repeated persecutions of Jews. 1450 Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI. 1660 Parliament proclaimed Charles II king of England, restoring the monarchy after more than a decade.

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May 7, 558 In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapsed. Justinian I immediately ordered that the dome be rebuilt. 1274 in France, the Second Council of Lyons opened to regulate the election of the Pope. 1348 Charles University in Prague (Universitas Carolina/Univerzita Karlova) was established as the first university in Central Europe. 1429 Joan of Arc ended the Siege of Orléans, pulled an arrow from her own shoulder and returned, wounded, to lead the final charge. The victory marked a turning point in the Hundred Years' War.

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May 6 973 Henry II (the Saint) was born. He was Emperor of Germany of the Saxon dynasty. 1527 Spanish and German troops sacked Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. 147 Swiss Guards, including their commander, died fighting the forces of Charles V in order to allow Pope Clement VII to escape into Castel Sant'Angelo. 1536 King Henry VIII ordered English language Bibles be placed in every church.

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May 5,553 The Second Council of Constantinople began. 1210 Alfonso II was born. He was one of the earliest kings of Portugal. 1215 Rebel barons renounced their allegiance to King John of England which was part of a chain of events leading to the signing of the Magna Carta. 1260 Kublai Khan became ruler of the Mongol Empire. 1494 Christopher Columbus landed on the island of Jamaica and claimed it for Spain.1640 King Charles I of England dissolved the Short Parliament.

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May 4, 1256 The Augustinian monastic order was constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV issued a papal bull Licet ecclesiae catholicae. 1415 Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus were condemned as heretics at the Council of Constance. 1471 Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Tewkesbury: Edward IV defeated a Lancastrian Army and killed Edward, Prince of Wales. 1493 Pope Alexander VI divided the New World between Spain and Portugal along the Line of Demarcation.