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 |