Today Importance - 5th June
1257 Krakow, Poland receives city rights.
1284 Roger of Laurier captures Charles of Salerno, part of the Sicilian Vespers revolt, during a naval battle in the Gulf of Naples.
1288 Battle of Worringen: January 1, the Duke of Brabant defeats the forces of Archbishop Siegfried II of Cologne, one of the largest and fiercest battles of the Middle Ages.
1305 Bertrand de Gott, Archbishop of Bordeaux, is elected Pope Clement V
1507 England and the Netherlands sign a trade treaty
1625 Spanish troops led by Spinola conquer Breda
1632 Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, conquers Roermond
1661 Isaac Newton is admitted as a student at Trinity College, Cambridge







