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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.

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May 3 996: Gregory V consecrated as pope. The pontificate of Gregory was brief and turbulent, and was interrupted by the installation of John XVI as antipope. 1469 Niccolo Machiavelli was born.

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May 2, 1194 – King Richard I of England gave Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. 1230William de Braose was hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great. 1335 Otto the Merry, Duke of Austria, became Duke of Carinthia. 1519 Leonardo da Vinci died. 1536 Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, was arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft. 1559 John Knox returned from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the beginning Scottish Reformation. 1568 Mary, Queen of Scots, escaped from Loch Leven Castle.

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May 1, Festival of Juno occurred on this day. 193 Pertinax became emperor. 305 Diocletian and Maximian retired from the office of Roman Emperor. 880 The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches. 1045 Pope Benedict IX sold the papacy to John Gratianus, Gregory VI. 1316 Edward Bruce was crowned King of Ireland. 1328 Wars of Scottish Independence end: Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton - the Kingdom of England recognised the Kingdom of Scotland as an independent state.

The Westchester Guardian

Check out the 4/28/11 edition of The Westchester Guardian - "The Briton and the Dane: Birthright" is featured on page 7. The article is posted on my web page (www.maryannbernal.com), "in the news" tab.