Editing May 9 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1662]] &ndash; The figure who later became [[Punch and Judy|Mr. Punch]] makes his first recorded appearance in England.<ref>{{cite book|title=Journal of the Royal Society of Arts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LpZhAAAAIAAJ|year=1967|publisher=Society|page=315}}</ref>
*[[1671]] &ndash; [[Thomas Blood]], disguised as a [[clergyman]], attempts to steal England's [[Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom|Crown Jewels]] from the [[Tower of London]].
*[[1726]] &ndash; Five men arrested during a raid on [[Margaret Clap|Mother Clap]]'s [[molly house]] in London are executed at [[Tyburn, London|Tyburn]].
*[[1761]] &ndash; [[Exhibition of 1761]], the inaugural exhibition of the [[Society of Artists of Great Britain]] opens at [[Spring Gardens]] in London.<ref>Hargreaves, Matthew. ''Candidates for Fame: The Society of Artists of Great Britain, 1760-1791''. Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2005. p.174</ref>
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Second Schleswig War]]: The Danish navy defeats the [[Austrian Empire|Austrian]] and [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussian]] fleets in the [[Battle of Heligoland (1864)|Battle of Heligoland]].
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Nathan Bedford Forrest]] surrenders his forces at [[Gainesville, Alabama]].
*  1865   &ndash; American Civil War: [[President Andrew Johnson]] issues a [[Conclusion of the American Civil War#Andrew Johnson's May 9 declaration (May 9)|proclamation ending belligerent rights]] of the rebels and enjoining foreign nations to intern or expel Confederate ships.
*[[1873]] &ndash; ''[[Panic of 1873|Der Krach]]'': The [[Wiener Börse|Vienna stock exchange]] crash begins the [[Panic of 1873]] and heralds the [[Long Depression]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Pieter M. Judson|title=Exclusive Revolutionaries: Liberal Politics, Social Experience, and National Identity in the Austrian Empire, 1848-1914|publisher=University of Michigan Press|year=1996|isbn=9780472107407|page=166}}</ref>
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Mihail Kogălniceanu]] reads, in the [[Chamber of Deputies (Romania)|Chamber of Deputies]], the Declaration of Independence of [[Romania]]. The date will become recognised as the Independence Day of Romania.