May 4,
1256 The Augustinian monastic order was constituted at the Lecceto Monastery in Tuscany when Pope Alexander IV issued a papal bull Licet ecclesiae catholicae.
1471 Wars of the Roses: the Yorkists defeated the Lancastrians at the battle of Tewkesbury.
1493 Pope Alexander VI divided the New World between Spain and Portugal along the Line of Demarcation.
Published on May 04, 2015 02:00