This Day in History
Today: May 4, 2026
1256
The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull Licet ecclesiae catholicae.[1]
1415
Religious reformer John Wycliffe is condemned as a heretic at the Council of Constance.[2]
1436
Assassination of the Swedish rebel (later national hero) Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson (27 April O.S.).[3]
1471
Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Tewkesbury: Edward IV defeats a Lancastrian Army and kills Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales.[4]
1493
In the papal bull Inter caetera, Pope Alexander VI divides the New World between Spain and Portugal along the Line of Demarcation.[5]
1626
Dutch explorer Peter Minuit arrives in New Netherland (present day Manhattan Island) aboard the See Meeuw.[6]
1738
The Imperial Theatrical School, the first ballet school in Russia, is founded.[7]
1776
Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.[8]
1799
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War: The Battle of Seringapatam: The siege of Seringapatam ends when the city is invaded and Tipu Sultan killed by the besieging British army, under the command of General George Harris.[9]
1814
Emperor Napoleon arrives at Portoferraio on the island of Elba to begin his exile.[10]
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