📅 Today in HistoryMay 14

Robert II of France names his son Henry I as junior King of the Franks.

The Siege of Nicaea begins during the First Crusade.

Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the effective ruler of England.

During the 1465 Moroccan revolution which overthrows the Marinid dynasty, the Jewish mellah is attacked by the population of Fez, though the extent of the massacre is debated.

Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Republic of Venice.

English colonists establish "James Fort", which would become Jamestown, Virginia, the earliest permanent English settlement in the Americas.

The Protestant Union, a coalition of Protestant German states, is founded to defend the rights, land and safety of each member against the Catholic Church and Catholic German states.

Henry IV of France is assassinated by Catholic zealot François Ravaillac, and Louis XIII ascends the throne.

War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre.

Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox inoculation.