^B{^#!16!27 May^N! Feast day of St Julius the Veteran, St Eutropius of Orange, St Restituta of Sora, and St Melangel.
^B{1063^B} Harold of Wessex began to conquer Wales. ^B{1199^B} Pope Innocent III imposed the first direct papal taxation of Clergy. ^B{1199^B} Death of Minamoto Yoritomo, first Shogun of Japan; his followers retained control of government but fought for supremacy. ^B{1299^B} Peace was negotiated between Genoa and Venice, ending their war (since 1261) to control trade with the Byzantine Empire. ^B{1719 ^B}Emperor Charles VI founded the Oriental Company in Vienna to compete with Dutch trade in the Orient. ^B{1813^B} US forces occupied Fort St George, and the British abandoned the entire Niagara frontier. ^B{1941^B} The German battleship Bismarck was sunk by the Royal Navy west of Brest.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Amelia Bloomer, US feminist and dress reformer, ^B{1818^B}; Julia Ward Howe, US writer, ^B{1819^B}; Vincent D'Indy, French composer, ^B{1851^B}; Arnold Bennett, English novelist, ^B{1867^B}; John Cockcroft, English physicist, ^B{1897^B}; Hubert Humphrey, US politician, ^B{1911^B}; Vincent Price, US film actor, ^B{1911^B}; Henry Kissinger, US politician, ^B{1923^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}John Calvin, French religious reformer, ^B{1564^B}; Archibald Campbell, Marquess of Argyll, Scottish Covenanter, beheaded, ^B{1661^B}; Marquise de Montespan, mistress of the French King Louis XIV, ^B{1707^B}; Niccol≥ Paganini, Italian violinist, ^B{1840^B}; Robert Koch, German bacteriologist, ^B{1910^B}; Jawalharlal Nehru, Indian politician, ^B{1964^B}.
