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==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1027]] – [[Robert II of France]] names his son [[Henry I of France|Henry I]] as junior King of the Franks.<ref>{{cite book |last=Clark |first=William W. |date=2006 |title=Medieval Cathedrals |publisher=Greenwood Publishing |page=87}}</ref> *[[1097]] – The [[Siege of Nicaea]] begins during the [[First Crusade]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Jacob G. Ghazarian|title=The Armenian Kingdom in Cilicia During the Crusades: The Integration of Cilician Armenians with the Latins, 1080-1393|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3W89PVbKLZwC&pg=PA96|year=2000|publisher=[[Psychology Press]]|isbn=978-0-7007-1418-6|pages=96}}</ref> *[[1264]] – [[Battle of Lewes]]: [[Henry III of England]] is captured and forced to sign the [[Mise of Lewes]], making [[Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester|Simon de Montfort]] the effective ruler of England.<ref>{{cite book|author=Maurice Keen|title=Medieval Warfare: A History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QPeWPiUc-4QC&pg=PA309|date=26 August 1999|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|isbn=978-0-19-164738-3|pages=309}}</ref> *[[1465]] – 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.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Stillman |first1=Norman A. |title=The Jews of Arab Lands |date=1979 |publisher=Jewish Publication Society |isbn=978-0-8276-1155-9 |page=81 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bFN2ismyhEYC |access-date=30 September 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=García-Arenal |first1=Mercedes |title=The revolution of Fās in 869/1465 and the death of Sultan 'Abd al-ḥaqq al-Marīnī |journal=Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies |date=1 January 1978 |volume=41 |pages=43–76 |doi=10.1017/S0041977X00057773 |url=https://www.academia.edu/1382306}}</ref> *[[1509]] – [[Battle of Agnadello]]: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Republic of Venice.<ref>Mallett, Michael; Shaw, Christine (2012). ''The Italian Wars, 1494-1559: War, State and Society in Early Modern Europe'', Pearson, p. 89.</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1607]] – English colonists establish "James Fort", which would become [[Jamestown, Virginia]], the earliest permanent English settlement in the Americas.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-25 |title=Jamestown Colony {{!}} History, Foundation, Settlement, Map, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Jamestown-Colony |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1608]] – The [[Protestant Union]], a coalition of [[Protestant]] [[Germany|German]] states, is founded to defend the rights, land and safety of each member against the [[Catholic Church]] and Catholic German states.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Keley|first1=Charles W.|last2=Raymond|first2=Gregory A.|title=Exorcising the Ghost of Westphalia: Building World Order in the New Millennium|location=Upper Saddle River, N.J.|publisher=[[Prentice Hall]]|date=2002|isbn=9780130163028|page=48}}</ref> *[[1610]] – [[Henry IV of France]] is assassinated by [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] zealot [[François Ravaillac]], and [[Louis XIII]] ascends the throne.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bell|first=John Bowyer|title=Assassin|location=New Brunswick, N.J.|publisher=[[Transaction Publishers]]|date=2009|isbn=9781412805094|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mtazQUWbUmsC|pages=5–8}}</ref> *[[1643]] – Four-year-old [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]] becomes King of France upon the death of his father, [[Louis XIII of France|Louis XIII]]. *[[1747]] – [[War of the Austrian Succession]]: A British fleet under [[George Anson, 1st Baron Anson|Admiral George Anson]] defeats the French at the [[First Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)|First Battle of Cape Finisterre]]. *[[1796]] – [[Edward Jenner]] administers the first [[smallpox]] [[inoculation]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Baxby|first=Derrick|author-link = Derrick Baxby|chapter=Edward Jenner's Role in the Introduction of Smallpox Vaccine|title=History of Vaccine Development|editor-last=Plotkin|editor-first=Stanley A.|location=New York|publisher=[[Springer Publishing]]|date=2011|isbn=9781441913388|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wf2jS_4lCOAC|page=13}}</ref> *[[1800]] – The [[6th United States Congress]] [[Recess (break)#Parliamentary procedure|recesses]], and the process of moving the [[Federal government of the United States]] from [[Philadelphia]] to [[Washington, D.C.]], begins the following day.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bryan|first=Wilhelmus Bogart|chapter=The Removal of the Seat of Government to Washington|title=The Removal of the Seat of Government to the District of Columbia|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office]]|date=1900|url=https://archive.org/details/removalseatgove00busegoog|page=3|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Spofford|first=Ainsworth R.|chapter=Removal of the Government to the District of Columbia in 1800|title=Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Establishment of the Seat of Government in the District of Columbia|editor-last=Cox|editor-first=William V.|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=United States Government Publishing Office|date=1901|url=https://archive.org/details/celebrationoneh00busegoog|page=247}}</ref> *[[1804]] – [[William Clark]] and 42 men depart from [[Camp Dubois]] to join [[Meriwether Lewis]] at [[St Charles, Missouri]], marking the beginning of the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]]{{'s}} historic journey up the [[Missouri River]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Jones|first=Landon Y.|title=The Essential Lewis and Clark|location=New York|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|date=2000|isbn=9780060011598|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TAW9QhUzk5QC|page=1}}</ref> *[[1811]] – [[Paraguay]]: [[Pedro Juan Caballero (politician)|Pedro Juan Caballero]], [[Fulgencio Yegros]] and [[José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia]] start actions to depose the Spanish governor. *[[1836]] – The [[Treaties of Velasco]] are signed in Velasco, Texas. *[[1857]] – [[Mindon Min]] was [[Coronation of Mindon Min|crowned as King of Burma]] in [[Mandalay]], [[Burma]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Yi Yi |first1=Dr |title=Life at the Burmese Court under the Konbaung Kings |work=Online Burma/Myanmar Library |date=1982 |publisher=Department of Universities History Research, University of Yangon |location=Yangon |pages=100–147 |url=https://www.burmalibrary.org/en/life-at-the-burmese-court-under-the-konbaung-kings |language=en}}</ref> *[[1863]] – [[American Civil War]]: During the [[Vicksburg campaign]], [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces drive [[Confederate States of America|Confederates]] under [[Joseph E. Johnston]] out of [[Jackson, Mississippi]] in the [[Battle of Jackson]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Battle of Jackson (May 14)|url=https://www.nps.gov/vick/learn/historyculture/jackson.htm|website=NPS.gov|publisher=National Park Service|date=February 15, 2018|access-date=May 17, 2024}}</ref> *[[1868]] – [[Boshin War]]: The [[Battle of Utsunomiya Castle]] ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward.<ref>{{cite web |title=About The Boshin War - Battles, Aftermath, and Modern Depictions |url=http://yabai.com/p/3581 |website=YABAI|date=December 2017 }}</ref> *[[1870]] – The first game of [[rugby football|rugby]] in New Zealand is played in [[Nelson, New Zealand|Nelson]] between [[Nelson College]] and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.<ref>{{cite book|last=McConnell|first=Robin|chapter=Rugby Union Football, New Zealand|title=Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice|editor-last1=Nauright|editor-first1=John|editor-last2=Parrish|editor-first2=Charles|location=Santa Barbara, California|publisher=[[ABC-Clio]]|date=2012|isbn=9781598843002|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IkLYDgTnMxEC|page=439}}</ref> *[[1878]] – The [[Salem witchcraft trial (1878)|last witchcraft trial held in the United States]] begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of [[Christian Science]], accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.<ref>{{cite book|last=Springer|first=Fleta Campbell|title=According to the Flesh: A Biography of Mary Baker Eddy|location=New York|publisher=[[Coward-McCann]]|year=1930|isbn=9781163386170|page=240|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Mizruchi|first=Susan L.|chapter=Cosmopolitan Variations|title=The Cambridge History of American Literature Vol. 3, Prose Writing 1860–1920|editor-last=Bercovitch|editor-first=Sacvan|location=Cambridge, UK|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|year=2005|isbn=9780521301053|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xyefIV_Q6XAC|page=533}}</ref> *[[1879]] – The first group of 463 [[Indian indenture system|Indian indentured laborers]] arrives in [[Fiji]] aboard the {{ship||Leonidas|ship|2}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=https://girmitiya.girmit.org/new/index.php/history/ |website=GIRMIT |access-date=9 October 2022}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1900]] – Opening of World Amateur championship at the [[Exposition Universelle (1900)|Paris Exposition Universelle]], also known as Olympic Games.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the 20th Century|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1987|page=12|isbn=0-942191-01-3}}</ref> *[[1913]] – Governor of New York [[William Sulzer]] approves the charter for the [[Rockefeller Foundation]], which begins operations with a $100 million donation from [[John D. Rockefeller]]. *[[1915]] – The [[May 14 Revolt]] takes place in [[Lisbon, Portugal]].<ref>Gallagher, Tom (1983). ''Portugal: A Twentieth Century Interpretation.'' Manchester, England: [[Manchester University Press]].</ref> *[[1918]] – Cape Town Mayor, Sir [[Harry Hands]], inaugurates the [[Two-minute silence]]. *[[1925]] – ''[[Mrs Dalloway]]'', one of [[Virginia Woolf]]'s earliest and best-known novels, was published.<ref>Shearn, Amy (2016-05-14). [https://daily.jstor.org/celebrating-mrs-dalloway/ ""What a lark! What a plunge!": Celebrating Mrs. Dalloway"]. JSTOR.</ref> *[[1931]] – Five unarmed civilians are killed in the [[Ådalen shootings]], as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/ipadoriginal/article13025428.ab |newspaper=[[Aftonbladet]] |title=Massakern i Ådalen har tonats ner |trans-title=The massacre in Ådalen has been toned down |first=Svante |last=Lidén |date=2011-05-14 |access-date=9 May 2015 |language=sv}}</ref> *[[1935]] – The [[Constitution of the Philippines]] is ratified by a popular vote. *[[1939]] – [[Lina Medina]] becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five. *[[1940]] – [[World War II]]: [[Rotterdam]], Netherlands is [[German bombing of Rotterdam|bombed]] by the [[Luftwaffe]] of [[Nazi Germany]] despite a ceasefire, killing about 900 people and destroying the historic city center.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Richardson|first1=Annette E.|last2=Tucker|first2=Spencer C.|chapter=Rotterdam, Destruction of (May 14, 1940)|title=Germany at War: 400 Years of Military History|editor-last=Zabecki|editor-first=David T.|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-Clio|date=2014|isbn=9781598849806|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rCWMBQAAQBAJ|page=1114}}</ref> *[[1943]] – World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks {{Ship|AHS|Centaur}} off the coast of [[Queensland]]. *[[1948]] – [[Israeli Declaration of Independence|Israel is declared to be an independent state]] and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the [[1948 Arab–Israeli War]]. *[[1951]] – Trains run on the [[Talyllyn Railway]] in [[Wales]] for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.<ref>{{cite book|author=Potter, D.|title=The Talyllyn Railway|page=78|publisher=David St John Thomas|year=1990|isbn=0-946537-50-X}}</ref> *[[1953]] – Approximately 7,100 brewery workers in [[Milwaukee]] perform a [[walkout]], marking the start of the [[1953 Milwaukee brewery strike]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wild|first=Matt|date=2017-05-17|title=Remembering the Great Milwaukee Brewery Strike of 1953|url=https://milwaukeerecord.com/food-drink/remembering-the-great-milwaukee-brewery-strike-of-1953/|access-date=2021-06-02|website=Milwaukee Record|language=en-US}}</ref> *[[1955]] – [[Cold War]]: Eight Communist [[Eastern Bloc|bloc countries]], including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the [[Warsaw Pact]]. *[[1961]] – [[Civil rights movement]]: A white mob twice attacks a [[Freedom Riders]] bus near [[Anniston, Alabama]], before [[Arson|fire-bombing]] the bus and attacking the civil rights protesters who flee the burning vehicle.<ref>{{cite book|last=Arsenault|first=Raymond|title=Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice|location=New York|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2006|isbn=9780195136746|url=https://archive.org/details/freedomriders1960000arse|url-access=registration|pages=[https://archive.org/details/freedomriders1960000arse/page/140 140]–148}}</ref> *[[1970]] – Andreas Baader is freed from custody by Ulrike Meinhof, Gudrun Ensslin and others, a pivotal moment in the formation of the [[Red Army Faction]]. *[[1973]] – ''[[Skylab]]'', the United States' first space station, is launched.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kramer|first=Herbert J.|title=Observation of the Earth and Its Environment: Survey of Missions and Sensors|location=Berlin|publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer Berlin]]|date=2014|isbn=9783642626883|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xpr6CAAAQBAJ|page=333}}</ref> *[[1977]] – A [[Dan-Air]] [[Boeing 707]] leased to [[IAS Cargo Airlines]] [[1977 Dan-Air Boeing 707 crash|crashes]] on approach to [[Kenneth Kaunda International Airport|Lusaka International Airport]] in [[Lusaka]], Zambia, killing six people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19770514-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-321C G-BEBP Lusaka Airport (LUN)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-09-07}}</ref> *[[1980]] – [[Salvadoran Civil War]]: the [[Sumpul River massacre]] occurs in [[Chalatenango, El Salvador]]. *[[1987]] – Fijian Prime Minister [[Timoci Bavadra]] is ousted from power in a [[1987 Fijian coups d'état#May coup|coup d'état]] led by Lieutenant colonel [[Sitiveni Rabuka]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/oceania/fiji-politics-1987-1.htm|title=1987 Coup - Apr|website=globalsecurity.org|access-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Carrollton bus collision]]: A drunk driver traveling the wrong way on [[Interstate 71]] near [[Carrollton, Kentucky]] hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. Twenty-seven die in the crash and ensuing fire.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kunen |first1=James S. |title=Drunk Driver Larry Mahoney Gets 16 Years for the Kentucky Bus Crash That Claimed 27 Lives |url=https://people.com/archive/drunk-driver-larry-mahoney-gets-16-years-for-the-kentucky-bus-crash-that-claimed-27-lives-vol-33-no-1/ |work=People |date=8 January 1990 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2004]] – The [[Constitutional Court of South Korea]] overturns the impeachment of President [[Roh Moo-hyun]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Brooke|first=James|date=2004-05-14|title=Constitutional Court Reinstates South Korea's Impeached President|language=en-US|work=[[New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/14/world/constitutional-court-reinstates-south-korea-s-impeached-president.html|access-date=2021-05-15|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 2004 – [[Frederik X|Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark]] and [[Queen Mary of Denmark|Mary Donaldson]] are [[Wedding of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, and Mary Donaldson|married]] at [[Copenhagen Cathedral]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article424128.ece|title=Danes cheer as estate agent marries into royal house|newspaper=The Times|date=15 May 2004|access-date=6 November 2009|first1=Anthony |last1=Browne|first2=Christopher|last2=Follett}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> * 2004 – [[Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4815]] crashes into the [[Amazon rainforest]] during approach to [[Eduardo Gomes International Airport]] in [[Manaus]], Brazil, killing 33 people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20040514-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Embraer EMB-120ER Brasilia PT-WRO Manaus, AM|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=[[Aviation Safety Network]]|access-date=2019-05-02}}</ref> *[[2008]] – [[2008 UEFA Cup final riots|Battle of Piccadilly Gardens]] in [[Manchester city centre]] between [[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit]] supporters and [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]] supporters and the [[Greater Manchester Police]], 39 policemen injured, one police-dog injured and 39 arrested. *[[2010]] – [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] launches on the [[STS-132]] mission to deliver the first shuttle-launched Russian [[ISS]] component — ''[[Rassvet (ISS module)|Rassvet]]''. This was originally slated to be the final launch of ''Atlantis'', before Congress approved [[STS-135]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/sts-132.htm|title=Spaceflight mission report: STS-132|website=www.spacefacts.de}}</ref> *[[2012]] – [[Agni Air Flight CHT]] crashes in Nepal after a failed go-around, killing 15 people.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2012-05-14|title=Plane crash in northern Nepal kills 15 people|language=en-GB|work=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-18055140|access-date=2021-05-15}}</ref> *[[2021]] – China successfully lands ''[[Zhurong (rover)|Zhurong]]'', the country's first [[Mars rover]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Weitering |first=Hanneke |date=2021-05-15 |title=China's 1st Mars rover 'Zhurong' lands on the Red Planet |url=https://www.space.com/china-mars-rover-landing-success-tianwen-1-zhurong |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=Space.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[2022]] – Ten people are killed in a [[2022 Buffalo shooting|mass shooting]] in [[Buffalo, New York]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-05-15 |title=Buffalo shooting: Ten dead in suspected race attack at New York state store |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61452958 |access-date=2022-05-15}}</ref>
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