TODAY IN MILITARY HISTORY

0		Feast of Saint Philip of Agira, Patron of the United States Army Special Forces
254		Election of Pope Stephan I (254-257), later canonized
1082		Battle of Mailberg: Vratislav II of Bohemia defeats Leopold II of Austria
1167		Battle of Monte Porzio: Frederick Barbarossa defeats the forces of Pope Alexander III
1264		Three day battle of Lewes begins: Earl Simon de Montfort of Leicester defeats & captures King Henry III of England
1328		Pietro Rainalducci becomes anti-Pope as "Nicholas V" (1328-30)
1607		Foundation of Jamestown, Virginia
1629		The Piedmontese capture Trino from the Mantuans
1649		Naval Battle of Focchies: Venetians defeat the Turks
1780		British capture Charleston
1795		Battle of Nu'uanu: Kamehameha unifies Hawaii [Est]
1797		Mutiny in the British Fleet at the Nore (subdued June 16)
1815		Austrians overwhelm the Neapolitan 12th Regt, north of Itri
1863		Battle of Raymond, Miss
1864		Atlanta Campaign: Widespread skirmishing around Dalton
1879		War of the Pacific - Battle of Iquiqui: The Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvians
1881		Treaty of Bardo: Tunis becomes a French protectorate
1885		Battle of Batoche: French Canadians rebel against Canada
1888		Brazil abolishes slavery, the last western nation to do so
1898		US forces land at Cabañas & Punta Arbolitas, Cuba
1898		US Navy bombards San Juan, P.R.
1917		Tenth Battle of the Isonzo begins (to May 28)
1926		Umberto Nobile's airship 'Norge' flies over the North Pole
1937		George VI crowned King of England
1940		French occupy St Maarten, Netherlands West Indies
1940		Germans force a crossing of the Meuse River near Sedan
1943		Solomons: USN shells Vila and Munda, mines Kula Gulf
1943		Roosevelt and Churchill met in Washington for the Trident Conference -- Learn More
1945		Okinawa: major Kamikaze attack, BB 'New Mexico' (BB-40) badly hit.
1951		The first H-Bomb test, Eniwetak Atoll
1975		US merchant ship 'Mayaguez' seized by Cambodian forces

BORN

1496		Gustavus Eriksson Vasa -- King Gustav I of Sweden (1523-1560), founder of the Vasa Dynasty
1590		Grand Duke Cosimo II de' Medici of Tuscany (1609- 1621), patron of Galileo
1670		Elector Augustus I of Saxony was born, who was also King Augustus II of Poland and Lithuania, known as “The Strong”, with c. 350 children, including Marshal Saxe -- Learn More
1725		Jacques de Mercoyrol de Beaulieu, later Captain, Regiment de Picardie, Brig. Gen., d. 1817 -- Learn More
1729		Michael von Melas, Austrian field marshal, the French Wars, d. 1806
1767		Manuel Godoy y Álvarez de Faria, inept Prime Minister of Spain (1792-1797, 1801-1808), d. 1851
1789		The Society of St. Tammany, formed in New York City by Revolutionary War veterans
1806		Amos Beebe Eaton, Brig Gen, U.S., d. 1877
1812		Louis Blenker, Brig Gen, U.S., in 1863
1820		Florence Nightingale, "The Lady with the Lamp," d. 1910
1890		Kurt Arthur Benno Student, airborne pioneer, Generaloberst, d. 1978 -- Learn More
1894		Lt. Gen. Clemente Primieri, Italian soldier, commander, "Gruppo di Combattimento Cremona", Liberation of Italy, 1943-1945
1900		Joseph John Rochefort, U.S. naval officer, cryptanalyst. who broke the Japanese code, d. 1976

DIED

1003		Pope Sylvester II - Gerbert of Aurillac (999-1003), c. 57, first French pope
1012		Pope Sergius IV - Pietro "Bucca Porci" (1009-1012)
1182		King Valdemar I "the Great" of Denmark (1146-1182), 51
1382		Queen Giovanna I [Joan] of Naples (1343-1382), 56, murdered, having ruined her kingdom while running through five husbands and numerous lovers
1641		Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, 48, executed by Bill of Attainder
1796		The Most Serene Republic of Venice, 820, murdered by Napoleon Bonaparte
1847		Jérôme Napoléon Charles Bonaparte, nephew of Napoleon, who might have been King of the UK, at 32
1863		King Radama II of Madagascar (1861-1863), assassinated at 23 for opening the country to Christianity
1864		J.E.B. Stuart, 31, Confederate cavalryman, d/w from Yellow Tavern, 11th
1923		Lt. Col. Earl "Pete" Ellis, USMC, 42, probably from drink, while travelling incognito in the Caroline Is.
1935		Marshal Joseph Pilsudski, founder of modern Poland, at 67
1941		Charles Henry George Howard, the Earl of Suffolk, his secretary Eileen Beryl Morden, his chauffeur Fred Hards, and five assistants, defusing a bomb -- Learn More
1944		Max Brand [Frederick Schiller Faust], pulp western author, war correspondent with the US 351st Infantry, kia at 51 near Itri, northwest of Naples
1957		Erich von Stroheim, 71, actor ("The Grand Illusion")