This Day in History
Today: May 12, 2026
254
Pope Stephen I succeeds Pope Lucius I, becoming the 23rd pope of the Catholic Church, and immediately takes a stand against Novatianism.[1]
907
Zhu Wen forces Emperor Ai into abdicating, ending the Tang dynasty after nearly three hundred years of rule.
1191
Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre in Cyprus;[2] she is crowned Queen consort of England the same day.
1328
Antipope Nicholas V, a claimant to the papacy, is consecrated in Rome by the Bishop of Venice.
1364
Jagiellonian University, the oldest university in Poland, is founded in Kraków.[3]
1497
Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola.[4]
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