Today Importance - 15th May
1374 BC Solar eclipse (2 minutes 07 seconds) observed by Mesopotamian astronomers at Ugarit "On the new moon day, in the month of Hira, the Sun turns red and sets in the presence of Mars during the day."
1382 Battle of Beverhoutsveld near Bruges, modern Belgium – Ghent's army defeats a drunken Bruges militia
1491 Kongo monarch Nkwu Nzinga is baptized by Portuguese missionaries, taking the baptismal name of João I.
Fifth Council of the Lateran
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