Editing May 5 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1609]] &ndash; ''Daimyō'' (Lord) [[Shimazu Tadatsune]] of the [[Satsuma Domain]] in southern [[Kyūshū]], [[Tokugawa shogunate|Japan]], completes [[Invasion of Ryukyu|his successful invasion]] of the [[Ryūkyū Kingdom]] in [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Loo|first=Tze May|title=Heritage Politics: Shuri Castle and Okinawa's Incorporation Into Modern Japan, 1879-2000|location=Lanham, Md.|publisher=Lexington Books|date=2014|isbn=9780739182482|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NjsfAwAAQBAJ|pages=37–38}}</ref>
*[[1640]] &ndash; King [[Charles I of England]] dissolves the [[Short Parliament]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Sir John Borough|title=Notes of the Treaty Carried on at Ripon Between King Charles I. and the Covenanters of Scotland, A.D. 1640, Taken by Sir John Borough, Garter King of Arms|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hyxTAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR8|year=1869|publisher=Camden Society|pages=8}}</ref>
*[[1654]] &ndash; [[Cromwell's Act of Grace]], aimed at reconciliation with the Scots, proclaimed in [[Edinburgh]].
*[[1762]] &ndash; [[Russia]] and [[Prussia]] sign the [[Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1762)|Treaty of St. Petersburg]].
*[[1789]] &ndash; In [[France]], the [[Estates-General of 1789|Estates-General]] convenes for the first time since 1614.
*[[1809]] &ndash; [[Mary Kies]] becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. [[patent]], for a technique of [[weaving]] [[straw]] with [[silk]] and [[yarn|thread]].
*[[1821]] &ndash; Emperor [[Napoleon]] dies in exile on the island of [[Saint Helena]] in the South Atlantic Ocean.
*[[1821]] &ndash; The first edition of ''The Manchester Guardian'', now ''[[The Guardian]]'', is published.<ref>{{cite web|first1= Mark |last1=Rice-Oxley| first2=Theresa| last2= Malone |first3= Garry| last3= Blight| first4=Miles| last4= Probyn| title=The Guardian's first ever edition – annotated | url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/ng-interactive/2021/may/05/guardian-200-first-ever-edition-annotated | date= 5 May 2021| work= [[The Guardian]]| access-date= 5 May 2021 }}</ref>
*[[1835]] &ndash; The [[History of rail transport in Belgium|first railway in continental Europe]] opens between [[Brussels]] and [[Mechelen]].
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[Cinco de Mayo]]: Troops led by [[Ignacio Zaragoza]] halt a French invasion in the [[Battle of Puebla]] in [[Mexico]].
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Battle of the Wilderness]] begins in [[Spotsylvania County, Virginia|Spotsylvania County]].
*[[1865]] &ndash; American Civil War: The [[Conclusion of the American Civil War|Confederate government]] was declared dissolved at [[Washington, Georgia]].
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Memorial Day]] first celebrated in United States at [[Waterloo, New York]].
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[American Indian Wars]]: [[Sitting Bull]] leads his band of [[Lakota people|Lakota]] into Canada to avoid harassment by the [[United States Army]] under [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]] [[Nelson Miles]].
*[[1886]] &ndash; Workers marching for the [[Eight-hour day]] in [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]] were shot at by [[Wisconsin National Guard]]smen in what became known as the [[Bay View Massacre]].<ref>Wisconsin Labor History Society. (n.d.). Bayview tragedy, 1886. Wisconsin Labor History. Retrieved May 1, 2022, from https://www.wisconsinlaborhistory.org/our-events/bayview-tragedy-1886/</ref>
*[[1887]] &ndash; The [[Peruvian Academy of Language]] is founded.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://elcomercio.pe/luces/libros/5-mayo-paso-dia-hoy-194798-noticia/|title=5 de mayo: ¿Qué pasó un día como hoy?|newspaper=El Comercio|first=Carlos|last=Batalla|date=5 May 2016|access-date=15 June 2023|language=Spanish}}</ref>
*[[1891]] &ndash; The Music Hall in New York City (later known as [[Carnegie Hall]]) has its grand opening and first public performance, with [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky]] as the guest conductor.