1194 – King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter.
1230 – William de Braose is hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great.
1335 – Otto the Merry, Duke of Austria, becomes Duke of Carinthia.
1519: Artist Leonardo da Vinci died in Cloux, France, at age 67.
1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft.
1559 – John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the nascent Scottish Reformation.
1568 – Mary, Queen of Scots, escapes from Loch Leven Castle.
1611 – The King James Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker.
1670 – King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America.
1672 – John Maitland becomes Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March.
1776 – France and Spain agreed to provide weapons to American rebels.
1808 – Outbreak of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation. Francisco de Goya later memorializes this event in his painting The Second of May 1808.
1812 – The Siege of Cuautla during the Mexican War of Independence ends with both sides claiming victory after Mexican rebels under José María Morelos y Pavón abandon the city after 72 days under siege by royalist Spanish troops under Félix María Calleja.
1816 – Marriage of Léopold of Saxe-Coburg and Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales.
1829 – After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of HMS Challenger, declares the Swan River Colony in Australia.
1863 – American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later.
1866 – Peruvian defenders fight off the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao.
1876 – The April Uprising breaks out in Bulgaria.
1879 – The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Casa Labra Pub (city of Madrid) by the historical Spanish workers' leader Pablo Iglesias.
1885 – Good Housekeeping magazine goes on sale for the first time.
1885 – Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
1885 – The Congo Free State is established by King Léopold II of Belgium.
1889 – Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs a treaty of amity with Italy, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
1906 – Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
1918 – General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
1920 – The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.
1932 – Comedian Jack Benny's radio show airs for the first time on the NBC Blue Network.
1933 – Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler bans trade unions.
1941 – Following the coup d'état against Iraq Crown Prince 'Abd al-Ilah earlier that year, the United Kingdom launches the Anglo-Iraqi War to restore him to power.
1945 – World War II: Fall of Berlin: The Soviet Union announces the capture of Berlin and Soviet soldiers hoist their red flag over the Reichstag building.
1945 – World War II: Italian Campaign: General Heinrich von Vietinghoff signs the official instrument of surrender of all Wehrmacht forces in Italy.
1945 – World War II: The US 82nd Airborne Division liberates Wöbbelin concentration camp finding 1000 dead prisoners, most of whom starved to death.
1946 – The "Battle of Alcatraz" takes place; two guards and three inmates are killed.
1952 – The world's first ever jet airliner, the De Havilland Comet 1 makes its maiden flight, from London to Johannesburg.
1955 – Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
1963 – Berthold Seliger launches a rocket with three stages and a maximum flight altitude of more than 100 kilometres near Cuxhaven. It is the only sounding rocket developed in Germany.
1964 – Vietnam War: An explosion sinks the USS Card while it is docked at Saigon. Viet Cong forces are suspected of placing a bomb on the ship. She is raised and returned to service less than seven months later.
1964 – First ascent of Shishapangma the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the Eight-thousanders.
1969 – The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.
1972 – In the early morning hours a fire breaks out at the Sunshine Mine located between Kellogg and Wallace, ID, killing 91 workers.
1980 – Referendum on system of government held in Nepal.
1982 – Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano.
1986 – Chernobyl Disaster: The City of Chernobyl is evacuated six days after the disaster.
1989 – Hungary begins dismantling its border fence with Austria, which allows a number of East Germans to defect.
1994 – A bus crashes in Gdańsk, Poland killing 32 people.
1995 – During the Croatian War of Independence, Serb forces fire cluster bombs at Zagreb, killing seven and wounding over 175 civilians.
1998 – The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the European Union's monetary policy.
1999 – Panamanian election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
2000 – President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military.
2008 – Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Burma killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.
2008 – Chaitén Volcano begins erupting in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.
2011 – Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man is killed by the United States special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
2011 – An E. coli outbreak strikes Europe, mostly in Germany, leaving more than 30 people dead and many others sick from the bacteria outbreak.
2012 – A pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for $120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction.
2014 – Two mudslides in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, leave up to 2,500 people missing.
Saints' Days and Holy Days
Saints' Days and Holy Days
Traditional Western
Athanasius, Pope of Alexandria, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Double
Contemporary Western
Athanasius of Alexandria
Boris I of Bulgaria (Bulgarian Orthodox Church)
Germanus of Normandy
José María Rubio
Waldebert
Boris I of Bulgaria (Bulgarian Orthodox Church)
Germanus of Normandy
José María Rubio
Waldebert
Anglican, Episcopal, Lutheran
Eastern Orthodox
Saints
Martyrs Hesperos (Exuperius) and Zoe, and their sons Cyriacos and Theodoulos,
at Attalia (c. 124)
Saint Jordan the Wonderworker
Saint Sabbas, Bishop of Dafnousia
Saint Boris-Michael, Prince and baptizer of Bulgaria, Equal-to-the-Apostles (907)
at Attalia (c. 124)
Saint Jordan the Wonderworker
Saint Sabbas, Bishop of Dafnousia
Saint Boris-Michael, Prince and baptizer of Bulgaria, Equal-to-the-Apostles (907)
Pre-Schism Western Saints
Saint Valentine, Bishop of Genoa in Italy c. 295-307, (c. 307)
Saint Germanus of Normandy, converted by St Germanus of Auxerre,
martyred in France (c. 460)
Hieromartyrs Vindemialis, Eugene and Longinus, Bishops in North Africa
martyred by the Arian Vandal King Hunneric (c. 485)
Saint Neachtain, a relative of St Patrick of Ireland, at whose repose
he was present (5th c.)
Saint Ultan, Irish monk, brother of Saints Fursey and Foillan (657)
Saint Waldebert (Walbert, Gaubert), abbot of Luxeuil in France (c. 668)
Saint Bertinus the Younger, Benedictine monk at Sithin, in France (699)
Saint Felix of Seville, deacon and martyr in Seville, Spain, under the Muslims
Martyr Wiborada, anchoress of St. Gallen Abbey in Germany (926)
Saint Germanus of Normandy, converted by St Germanus of Auxerre,
martyred in France (c. 460)
Hieromartyrs Vindemialis, Eugene and Longinus, Bishops in North Africa
martyred by the Arian Vandal King Hunneric (c. 485)
Saint Neachtain, a relative of St Patrick of Ireland, at whose repose
he was present (5th c.)
Saint Ultan, Irish monk, brother of Saints Fursey and Foillan (657)
Saint Waldebert (Walbert, Gaubert), abbot of Luxeuil in France (c. 668)
Saint Bertinus the Younger, Benedictine monk at Sithin, in France (699)
Saint Felix of Seville, deacon and martyr in Seville, Spain, under the Muslims
Martyr Wiborada, anchoress of St. Gallen Abbey in Germany (926)
Post-Schism Orthodox Saints
St. Athanasius of Syandem and Valaam (c. 1550)
Patriarch Athanasius III Patelaros, of Constantinople, from Lubensk
(Lubny), Wonderworker (1654)
Blessed Basil of Kadom, fool-for-Christ (1848)
Saint Matrona the Blind, the Righteous Wonderworker of Moscow (1952)
Patriarch Athanasius III Patelaros, of Constantinople, from Lubensk
(Lubny), Wonderworker (1654)
Blessed Basil of Kadom, fool-for-Christ (1848)
Saint Matrona the Blind, the Righteous Wonderworker of Moscow (1952)
Other commemorations
Translation of the relics of Patriarch Athanasius of Alexandria
(Athanasios the Great) (373)
Translation of the relics (1072 and 1115) of the holy passion-bearers
Boris and Gleb (in holy baptism Romanus and David) (1015)
Icon of the Theotokos of Putivilsk (1238, 1635)
(Athanasios the Great) (373)
Translation of the relics (1072 and 1115) of the holy passion-bearers
Boris and Gleb (in holy baptism Romanus and David) (1015)
Icon of the Theotokos of Putivilsk (1238, 1635)
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