Editing May 12 (section)

===Pre-1600===
* [[254]] &ndash; [[Pope Stephen I]] succeeds [[Pope Lucius I]], becoming the [[List of popes|23rd]] [[pope]] of the [[Catholic Church]], and immediately takes a stand against [[Novatianism]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kelly |first1=J.N.D. |last2=Walsh |first2=Michael J. |title=Oxford Dictionary of Popes |location=Oxford, UK |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2010 |isbn=9780192820853 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uVmcAQAAQBAJ |page=16}}</ref>
* [[907]] &ndash; [[Zhu Wen]] forces [[Emperor Ai of Tang|Emperor Ai]] into abdicating, ending the [[Tang dynasty]] after nearly three hundred years of rule. 
*[[1191]] &ndash; [[Richard I of England]] marries [[Berengaria of Navarre]] in [[Cyprus]];<ref>{{cite book |title=Bow Bells |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9s4aAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA281 |year=1868 |publisher=J. Dicks |pages=281–}}</ref> she is crowned [[List of English consorts|Queen consort of England]] the same day.
*[[1328]] &ndash; [[Antipope Nicholas V]], a claimant to the [[papacy]], is consecrated in Rome by the [[Patriarch of Venice|Bishop of Venice]].
*[[1364]] &ndash; [[Jagiellonian University]], the oldest [[university]] in Poland, is founded in [[Kraków]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hermans |first1=Jos M. M. |last2=Nelissen |first2=Marc |title=Charters of Foundation and Early Documents of the Universities of the Coimbra Group |location=Leuven, Belgium |publisher=Leuven University Press |date=2005 |isbn=9789058674746 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QE-P0ffkTUoC |page=60}}</ref>
*[[1497]] &ndash; Pope [[Alexander VI]] excommunicates [[Girolamo Savonarola]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=_35oAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Brief+of+Pope+Alexander+VI+excommunicating+Savonarola%22&pg=PA392 Brief of Pope Alexander VI excommunicating Savonarola]: ''The History of Girolamo Savonarola and of His Times'', [[Pasquale Villari]], Leonard Horner, trans., London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1863, Volume 2, pp.392–394.</ref>
*[[1510]] &ndash; The [[Prince of Anhua rebellion]] begins when [[Zhu Zhifan]] kills all the officials invited to a banquet and declares his intent on ousting the powerful [[Ming dynasty]] eunuch [[Liu Jin]] during the reign of the [[Zhengde Emperor]].
*[[1551]] &ndash; [[National University of San Marcos]], the oldest university in the [[Americas]], is founded in [[Lima]], Peru.
*[[1588]] &ndash; [[French Wars of Religion]]: [[Henry III of France]] flees Paris after [[Henry I, Duke of Guise]], enters the city and a [[Day of the Barricades|spontaneous uprising]] occurs.
*[[1593]] &ndash; London playwright [[Thomas Kyd]] is arrested and tortured by the [[Privy Council of England|Privy Council]] for libel.