1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt.
1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned King of Sweden in Uppsala Cathedral.
1487 - The ten-year-old Lambert Simnel is crowned in Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland with the name of Edward VI in a bid to threaten King Henry VII's reign.
1607 - 100 English settlers disembark in Jamestown, the first English colony in America.
1621 - The Protestant Union is formally dissolved.
1689 - The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting Protestants. Roman Catholics are intentionally excluded.
1738 - John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day and a church service is generally held on the preceding Sunday.
1798 - The Irish Rebellion of 1798 led by the United Irishmen against British rule begins.
1830 - Mary Had a Little Lamb by Sarah Josepha Hale is published.
1844 - Samuel Morse sends the message "What hath God wrought" (a biblical quotation, Numbers 23:23) from the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore, Maryland to inaugurate the first telegraph line.
1861 - American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia.
1900 - Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
1915 - World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary.
1941 - World War II: In the Battle of the Atlantic, the German Battleship Bismarck sinks the then pride of the Royal Navy, HMS Hood, killing all but three crewmen.
1956 - Conclusion of the Sixth Buddhist Council on Vesak Day, marking the 2,500 year anniversary after the Lord Buddha's Parinibbāna.
1956 - The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland
1961 - Cyprus joins the Council of Europe.
1982 - Liberation of Khorramshahr: Iranians recapture of the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis during the Iran–Iraq War.
1991 - Eritrea gains its independence from Ethiopia.
1992 - The last Thai dictator, General Suchinda Kraprayoon, resigns following pro-democracy protests.
2000 - Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
2002 - Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty.
Famous Birthdays
15 BC - Germanicus, general of the Roman Empire.
1671 - Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
1819 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India.
1874 - Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine
1914 - Lilli Palmer, actress
1952 - Sybil Danning, actress
1956 - The Most Reverend Dr. Michael Jackson, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin
1965 - John C. Reilly, actor
1969 - Rich Robinson, guitarist and songwriter
1977 - Kym Valentine, actress
1979 - Amelia Cooke, actress
1981 - Andy Lee, comedian
1984 - Sarah Hagan, actress
1993 - Oliver Davis, actor
1995 - HSH Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein, Count Rietberg, 2nd in line to the Liechtensteiner throne and 3rd in line to the Jacobite line of succession to the thrones of England, Scotland, Ireland and France
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