📅 Today in HistoryMay 16

Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan.

Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.

Hundred Years' War: Bertrand du Guesclin and a French army defeat the Anglo-Navarrese army of Charles the Bad at Cocherel.

Gov. Thado of Mohnyin becomes King of Ava.

The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes itself as a republic.

Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England.

Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England.

Santiago de Vera becomes sixth governor-general of the Spanish colony of the Philippines.

The Battle of Vasai concludes as the Marathas defeat the Portuguese army.

The 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste, Dauphin de France, who later becomes king of France.