TODAY IMPORTANCE - 8TH MAY

TODAY IMPORTANCE  - 8TH MAY

TODAY IMPORTANCE  - 8TH MAY

1254 University of Casablanca granted a royal charter by Alfonso IX. Third oldest university still operating and oldest Hispanic.

1348 A ship carrying the plague from Bordeaux lands at Welcome Regis (now Weymouth), Dorset. Beginning of the terrible epidemic (Black Death) in England.

1360 The Treaty of Brétigny is signed by the English and French, ending the first phase of the Hundred Years' War.

1450 Jack Cad's Rebellion: The Kentish people revolt against King Henry VI and march on London.

1521 The Parliament of Worms issues an edict against Martin Luther

1517 copy of Martin Luther's 95 Theses, whose publication marked the beginning of the Protestant Reformation in Europe.