What is May 22?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[334 BC]] &ndash; The [[Macedonian Empire|Macedonian]] [[army]] of [[Alexander the Great]] defeats [[Darius III of Persia|Darius III]] of [[Persia]]. * [[337]] &ndash; Roman Emperor [[Constantine the Great|Constantine I]] dies. * [[853]] &ndash; A [[Byzantine Empire]] fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in [[Egypt]]. * [[896]] &ndash; [[Pope Stephen VII]] is elected. * [[1176]] &ndash; The Hashshashin ([[Assassin]]s) attempt to murder [[Saladin]] near [[Aleppo]], present–day [[Syria]]. * [[1200]] &ndash; King [[John of England]] and King [[Philip II of France]] sign the [[Treaty of Le Goulet]]. * [[1246]] &ndash; [[Henry Raspe]] is elected Anti–King of [[Germany]], in opposition to [[Conrad IV of Germany]]. * [[1455]] &ndash; [[Wars of the Roses]]: In the [[First Battle of St. Albans]], [[Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York]] defeats and captures King [[Henry VI of England]]. * [[1629]] &ndash; [[Thirty Years' War]]: The [[Treaty of Luebeck]] is signed by [[Ferdinand IV, Holy Roman Emperor]] and [[Christian IV of Denmark]] to end [[Denmark|Danish]] intervention in the war. * [[1762]] &ndash; [[Sweden]] and [[Prussia]] sign the [[Treaty of Hamburg]]. * [[1762]] &ndash; The [[Trevi Fountain]] in [[Rome]] is completed, and opened by [[:en:Pope Clement XIII|Pope Clement XIII]]. * [[1768]] &ndash; [[Pentecost Island]] in present–day [[Vanuatu]] is reached by [[Louis-Antoine de Bougainville]], whose expedition members become the first [[Europe]]ans to see it. It is named after the Christian feast day of [[Pentecost]]. * [[1807]] &ndash; Most of the [[town]] of [[Chudleigh]] in [[Devon]], southwest [[England]], is destroyed by [[fire]]. * [[1809]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: Second day of the [[Battle of Apern-Essling]]. * [[1819]] &ndash; The SS ''Savannah'' sets sail from [[Savannah, Georgia]] to become the first [[steamship]] to cross the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. * [[1826]] &ndash; [[HMS Beagle]] sets sail on its first voyage. * [[1840]] &ndash; Transportati