This Day in History
Today: May 22, 2026
192
Dong Zhuo is assassinated by his adopted son Lü Bu.[1]
760
Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
853
A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt.[2]
1176
The Hashshashin (Assassins) attempt to assassinate Saladin near Aleppo.
1200
King John of England and King Philip II of France sign the Treaty of Le Goulet.
1246
Henry Raspe is elected anti-king of the Kingdom of Germany in opposition to Conrad IV.
1254
Serbian King Stefan Uroš I and the Republic of Venice sign a peace treaty.
1370
Brussels massacre: An estimated 13 Jews are murdered and the rest of the Jewish community is banished from Brussels, Belgium, for allegedly desecrating consecrated Host.[3]
1377
Pope Gregory XI issues five papal bulls to denounce the doctrines of English theologian John Wycliffe.
1455
Start of the Wars of the Roses: At the First Battle of St Albans, Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England.
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