TWiH: May 20-24, 2024

This week in History

Monday: on May 20, 1364

English knight Sir Henry Percy was born. BItH Unit 13, Section 39: Knights

Tuesday: on May 21, 1868

French paleontologist Louis Lartet presented discoveries at Cro-Magnon to the Société d’Anthropologie de Paris. BItH Unit 1, Peoples I: Cro-Magnon

Wednesday: on May 22, 334 BCE

Alexander the Great defeated Persians in Battle of the Granicus. BItH Unit 6, Section 16: Building Empires

Thursday: on May 23, 1536

The Portuguese Inquisition was formally established. BItH Unit 21, Section 61: Holy Inquisitions

Friday: on May 24, 1543

Renaissance mathematician and astronomer Copernicus died. BItH Unit 19, Section 55: Scientific Revolution

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