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May 12, 254 Pope Stephen I succeeded Pope Lucius I as the 23rd pope. 1191 Richard I (The Lionheart) of England married Berengaria of Navarre who was crowned Queen consort of England on the same day. 1264 The Battle of Lewes, between King Henry III of England and the rebel Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, began.

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May 11, 330 Constantinople was dedicated as the new capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great. 482 Justinian I (the Great) was born. He was Byzantine (East Roman) emperor AD 527-565 who collected Roman laws under one code known as the Justinian Code. 1310 In France fifty-four members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stake as heretics. 1559 Religious reformer John Knox ignited the Scottish Reformation with a sermon at Perth, Scotland.

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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.