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May 5 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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in the Roman Catholic Church: Orthodox Christian saints:
  • Adrian of Monzensk
  • Great Martyr Irene
  • Martyrs Neophytos, Gaius and Gaianus
  • Euthymios the Wonderworker
  • Barlaam of Serpukhov
  • Martin and Heraclius of Illyria
  • Eulogios the Confessor
  • New Martyr Ephraim of Nea Makri

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May1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
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May 1 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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  • 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor.

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May 2 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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  • 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter.

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May 6 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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  • 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance.

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May 7 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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  • 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses.

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May 8 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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  • 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo

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May 10 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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  • 1291 - Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England.

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May 11 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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  • 330 - Byzantium is renamed Nova Roma

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May 12 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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  • 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre.

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May 13 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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  • 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola.

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May 14 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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May 15 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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  • 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad exstirpanda

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    Pascal Baylon
  • Saint Pamphamer
  • Saint Pamphalon
  • Saint Solochon
  • Saint Victor

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May 18 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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  • 1152 - Henry II marries Eleanor of Aquitaine.

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May 21 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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  • 878 - Syracuse is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily.

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May 23 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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  • 1430 - Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne.

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May 24 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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  • 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt.

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May 25 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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  • 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo back from the Moors.

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May 26 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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  • 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place.

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May 27 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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May 28 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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May 29 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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May 30 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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May 31 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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  • 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great) (19th dynasty) becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.

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May 5 2005 (Thursday)

  • Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Irineos is dismissed following a controversy over the leasing of church-owned lands to groups eager to increase the Jewish presence in the Old City of Jerusalem.

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