^B{^#!16!20 May^N! Feast day of St Bernardino of Siena, St Ethelbert of East Anglia, St Basilla, St Austregisilus, St Baudelius, and Saints Thalelaeus, Asterius, Alexander, and Others.
^B{1191^B} Richard I 'the Lion Heart' conquered Cyprus from its independent Greek ruler, then joined the Crusaders before Acre. ^B{1449^B} Afonso V of Portugal defeated a rebellion by his brother, Peter, who was killed, at Alfarrobeira. ^B{1631^B} Flemish commander Count Tilly's imperialist army sacked Magdeburg; terrible carnage ensued and the city caught fire, leaving only the cathedral standing. ^B{1927^B} By the treaty of Jeddah Britain recognized the independence of Saudi Arabia. ^B{1941^B} German forces invaded Crete. ^B{1941^B} British ministerial changes, with Brendan Bracken as Minister of Information and R A Butler as President of Board of Education. ^B{1944^B} Nazi officers attempted to assassinate Hitler at a staff meeting. ^B{1946^B} A bill for nationalisation of British coal mines passed the Commons stage. ^B{1950^B} The US Senate committee denied Senator Joseph McCarthy's charges of Communist infiltration of the State Department.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Donato d'Agnolo Bramante de Urbino, Italian architect, ^B{1444^B}; Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter, ^B{1444^B}; HonorΘ de Balzac, French novelist, ^B{1799^B}; Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet and physiologist, ^B{1803^B}; John Stuart Mill, English philosopher, ^B{1806^B}; James Stewart, US film actor, ^B{1908^B}; Moshe Dayan, Israeli military leader, ^B{1915^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}St Bernardino of Siena, ^B{1444^B}; Christopher Columbus, Genoese navigator, ^B{1506^B}; Caterina Sforza, Countess of Forli, ^B{1509^B}; Nicholas Brady, Anglican clergyman, ^B{1726^B}; John Clare, English poet, ^B{1864^B}; Clara Schumann, German pianist, ^B{1896^B}; Max Beerbohm, English writer and caricaturist, ^B{1956^B}; Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor, ^B{1975^B}.
