^B{^#!16!26 May^N! Feast day of St Priscus, St Augustine of Canterbury, St Philip Neri, St Lambert of Venice, St Quadratus of Athens, and St Mariana of Quito.
^B{1520^B} Charles V visited Henry VIII at Dover and Canterbury. ^B{1521^B} The Edict of Worms imposed on Martin Luther the ban of the Empire. ^B{1538^B} Jean Calvin was expelled from Geneva and settled in Strasbourg. ^B{1659^B} Aurangzeb formally becomes Mogul Emperor. ^B{1798^B} Income tax was introduced in Britain, as a tax of 10% on all incomes over ú200. ^B{1805^B} Napoleon was crowned King of Italy in Milan Cathedral. ^B{1834^B} Sikhs captured Peshawar. ^B{1846^B} Robert Peel repealed the Corn Laws (royal assent given 26 June), splitting the Conservative Party. ^B{1865^B} The surrender of the last Confederate army at Shreveport, near New Orleans, ended the American Civil War. ^B{1924^B} Calvin Coolidge signed a bill limiting immigration into the US and entirely excluding the Japanese.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Charles of Orleans, French poet, ^B{1391^B}; Henry Vane the younger, English politician, ^B{1613^B}; William Petty, English economist, ^B{1623^B}; Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer, ^B{1689^B}; Edmond de Goncourt, French novelist, ^B{1822^B}; A E Housman, English poet, ^B{1859^B}; Princess Mary of Teck (Queen Mary, consort of George V), ^B{1867^B}; Al Jolson, US singer, ^B{1886^B}; John Wayne, US film actor, ^B{1907^B}; Peter Cushing, British actor, ^B{1913^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}St Augustine, first archbishop of Canterbury, 604^B}; Philip Neri, Italian priest, founder of the Oratory, ^B{1595^B}; Charles Mayo, US surgeon, ^B{1922^B}; Victor Herbert, US composer and conductor, ^B{1924^B}; Lincoln Ellsworth, US scientist and polar explorer, ^B{1951^B}.
