1625 – Afonso Mendes, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Latin Patriarch of Ethiopia, arrives at Beilul from Goa.
1611 – The King James Version of the Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker.1568 – Mary, Queen of Scots, escapes from Loch Leven Castle.1559 – John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the nascent Scottish Reformation.1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft.1230 – William de Braose is hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great.1194 – King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter.May 2 is the 122nd day of the year (123rd in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar 243 days remain until the end of the year.
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