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[[File:Joan-of-Arc.jpg| | [[File:Joan-of-Arc.jpg|200px|thumb|Saint Joan of Arc]] | ||
* '''May | * '''2 May''' - Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and [[witchcraft]]. ''(1536)'' | ||
* '''May | * '''2 May''' - German Jesuit scholar and author '''[[Athanasius Kircher]]''' is born. ''(1602)'' | ||
* '''May 4''' - Religious reformers John Wycliffe and '''[[Jan Hus]]''' are condemned as [[heresy|heretics]] at the Council of Constance. ''(1415)'' | * '''3 May''' - [[Occult]] horror film '''''[[The Craft]]''''' is released in theaters. ''(1996)'' | ||
* '''May | * '''4 May''' - Religious reformers John Wycliffe and '''[[Jan Hus]]''' are condemned as [[heresy|heretics]] at the Council of Constance. ''(1415)'' | ||
* '''May | * '''7 May''' - Argentine folk [[saint]] '''[[Eva Perón]]''' is born. ''(1919)'' | ||
* '''May | * '''8 May''' - '''[[Joan of Arc]]''' lifts the Siege of Orléans, turning the tide of the Hundred Years' War. ''(1429)'' | ||
* '''May 10''' - '''[[Antoine Court de Gébelin]]''', author who wrote an early treatise on the [[Tarot]], dies in Paris. ''(1784)'' | * '''9 May''' - Austrian painter '''[[Christoph Haizmann]]''' successfully retrieves his [[diabolical pact]] from [[Satan]] with the help of an [[exorcist]]. ''(1678)'' | ||
* '''May | * '''9 May''' - Doug Headrick, a 12-year-old boy, disappears from '''[[Devil's Gate Dam]]''' in Pasadena, California. ''(1960)'' | ||
* '''May 16''' - In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes '''[[Joan of Arc]]'''. ''(1920)'' | * '''10 May''' - '''[[Antoine Court de Gébelin]]''', author who wrote an early treatise on the [[Tarot]], dies in Paris. ''(1784)'' | ||
* '''May | * '''13 May''' - Psychic '''[[Jeane Dixon]]''' predicts the assassination of John F. Kennedy in an issue of ''Parade Magazine''. ''(1956)'' | ||
* '''May | * '''15 May''' - French author '''[[Jean-Baptiste Pitois]]''', who coined the terms [[Major Arcana]] and [[Minor Arcana]], is born. ''(1811)'' | ||
* '''May | * '''16 May''' - In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes '''[[Joan of Arc]]'''. ''(1920)'' | ||
* '''May | * '''19 May''' - '''[[Arthur Edward Waite]]''', creator of the [[Rider-Waite Tarot]], dies. ''(1942)'' | ||
* '''May | * '''23 May''' - A merchant of Shiraz, the forerunner of the '''[[Baháʼí Faith]]''', announces that he is a [[prophet]] and founds a religious movement. ''(1844)'' | ||
* '''May | * '''23 May''' - German physician and [[astrology|astrologer]], '''[[Franz Mesmer]]''', is born. ''(1734)'' | ||
* '''24 May''' - '''[[Nicolaus Copernicus]]''' dies. ''(1543)'' | |||
* '''26 May''' - '''[[Nicholas II]]''' becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia. ''(1896)'' | |||
* '''31 May''' - [[Occultist]] and author '''[[Éliphas Lévi]]''' dies. ''(1875)'' | |||
Latest revision as of 18:12, 23 November 2024
- 2 May - Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft. (1536)
- 2 May - German Jesuit scholar and author Athanasius Kircher is born. (1602)
- 3 May - Occult horror film The Craft is released in theaters. (1996)
- 4 May - Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus are condemned as heretics at the Council of Constance. (1415)
- 7 May - Argentine folk saint Eva Perón is born. (1919)
- 8 May - Joan of Arc lifts the Siege of Orléans, turning the tide of the Hundred Years' War. (1429)
- 9 May - Austrian painter Christoph Haizmann successfully retrieves his diabolical pact from Satan with the help of an exorcist. (1678)
- 9 May - Doug Headrick, a 12-year-old boy, disappears from Devil's Gate Dam in Pasadena, California. (1960)
- 10 May - Antoine Court de Gébelin, author who wrote an early treatise on the Tarot, dies in Paris. (1784)
- 13 May - Psychic Jeane Dixon predicts the assassination of John F. Kennedy in an issue of Parade Magazine. (1956)
- 15 May - French author Jean-Baptiste Pitois, who coined the terms Major Arcana and Minor Arcana, is born. (1811)
- 16 May - In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc. (1920)
- 19 May - Arthur Edward Waite, creator of the Rider-Waite Tarot, dies. (1942)
- 23 May - A merchant of Shiraz, the forerunner of the Baháʼí Faith, announces that he is a prophet and founds a religious movement. (1844)
- 23 May - German physician and astrologer, Franz Mesmer, is born. (1734)
- 24 May - Nicolaus Copernicus dies. (1543)
- 26 May - Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia. (1896)
- 31 May - Occultist and author Éliphas Lévi dies. (1875)