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1099
Long criticized by doubters that he had truly found the Holy Lance, Peter Bartholomew agrees to the suggestion of priest Arnul Malecorne that he undergo a trial by fire in order to prove the relic's authenticity. He dies of his injuries on April 20, but because he does not die immediately Malecorne declares the trial a success and the Lance genuine.
1143
Death of John II Comnenus, Byzantine emperor. John was evidently poisoned by accident by one of his own arrows during a hunt.
1271
Mamluk sultan Baibars conquers the Krak des Chevaliers, headquarters of the Knights Hospitaller in Syria.
1318
Pope Urban VI was born.
1455
Callistus III was elected pope.
1546
At its fourth session, the Council of Trent accepted Jerome's "Latin Vulgate" as the official Bible of the Roman Catholic Church.
1586
Martin Chemnitz died in Braunschweig, Germany.
1626
Francis Bacon died.
1730
America's first synagogue, Shearith Israel, was dedicated in New York City.
1802
The French Protestant church became state supported and state controlled.
1859
German philosopher Edmund Gustav Albrecht Husserl was born in Prossnitz, Moravia.
1947
The Institute for Sex Research, popularly known as the Kinsey Institute after researcher Alfred C. Kinsey, was incorporated in Indiana.
1950
India and Pakistan sign an agreement promising the protect religious minorities and reduce religious violence.
1988
Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart was defrocked by the Assemblies of God after it was revealed that he was involved with a prostitute. Swaggart was ordered to stay off TV for a year, but returned anyway after just three months.
2005
A funeral for Pope John Paul II is held in St. Peter's Square, Rome.
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