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May 9 in history

204 sourced entries recorded on May 9, from 328 CE to 2025 CE. Every line is quoted from the revision it came from.

Events

  • 328Athanasius is elected pope of Alexandria following the death of Alexander I.source
  • 1009Lombard Revolt: Lombard forces led by Melus, an Italian nobleman, revolt in Bari against the Catepanate of Italy (a province of the Byzantine Empire). He and his brother-in-law Dattus (or Datto) mobilise a large army and invade southern Italy.source
  • 1087The relics of Saint Nicholas, patron saint of seafarers, are stolen by Italian sailors from his church in Myra (modern Turkey) and transported to Bari in southern Italy.source
  • 1123A fire in the city of Lincoln, England, nearly destroys the Lincolnshire town; it is memorialized 600 years later by historian Paul de Rapin.source
  • 1131Tintern Abbey is founded in Wales by Cistercian monks in the Wye Valley.source
  • 1222Synod of Oxford – The 1222 Christian Synod of Oxford passes antisemitic laws that forbid social interactions between Jews and Christians, places a specific tithe on Jews and requires them to wear an identifying badge.source
  • 1271English prince the Lord Edward and King Charles I of Anjou arrive in Acre, with a fleet of 30 galleys, starting Lord Edward's crusade (the Ninth) against Baibars. During this crusade they are unable to capture any territory and peace is quickly negotiated with the Mamluk Sultanate. Baibars consolidates his occupation in Syria.source
  • 1310Nephon I of Constantinople becomes the new Patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church in Byzantium, now at Turkey. He is elected after his predecessor, the 80-year-old Athanasius I, is forced to retire.source
  • 1315In France, Odo IV becomes the new Duke of Burgundy upon the death of his older brother, Hugh V.source
  • 1369At a meeting of the Estates General in Paris, the delegates approve the resumption of hostilities between France and England.source
  • 1386King John I of Portugal and King Richard II of England ratify the Treaty of Windsor.source
  • 1410The English Parliament closes its session for the year, and royal assent is given by King Henry IV to various acts, including the Sealing of Cloths Act 1409 and the Unlawful Games Act.source
  • 1433(6th waning of Kason 795 ME) At what is now Mrauk U on the western coast of northern Myanmar, Min Khayi becomes the new King of Arakan upon the death of his older brother, Min Saw Mon.source
  • 1435The Battle of Gerberoy is fought between France and Englandsource
  • 1474The first war crimes trial in recorded history begins in Breisach am Rhein in Upper Alsace as the Burgundian general Peter von Hagenbach is put on trial for allowing his troops to murder and rape civilians during the Burgundian Wars. The trial is held before a panel of 28 judges drawn from Breibach and surrounding Alsatian towns, and is conducted outside before a large crowd. During the trial, Hagenbach becomes the first known person to raise the "superior orders defense", stating that he was simply following orders made his commanders. After deliberating for a few hours, the judges unanimously find Hagenbach guilty and sentenced to death. At the end of his one-day trial, Hagenbach is decapitated.source
  • 1502Christopher Columbus leaves Cadiz in Spain for his fourth and final trip to the New World, taking with him 147 men on his flagship, Capitana and the companion ships Gallega, Vizcaína, and Santiago de Palos. He explores Central America, and discovers the Isthmus of Panama and the land now occupied by Honduras, and Costa Rica, and possibly the island of St. Lucia as wellsource
  • 1509The French army under the command of Louis XII crosses the Adda River at Cassano d'Adda.source
  • 1509Louis XII and his army cross the Adda River at Cassano d'Adda.source
  • 1509The Venetians, encamped around the town of Treviglio, move south towards the Po River in search of better positions.source
  • 1518A fleet of four Portuguese ships, commanded by João da Silveira from Portuguese India, arrived in Chittagong (now part of Bangladesh, but at the time part of the Sultanate of Bengal), reputed to be the wealthiest region in the Indian subcontinent.source
  • 1528King James V of Scotland, 16, held captive for more than two years under the guardianship of the Earl of Angus, is able to escape from Edinburgh to Stirling after several failed rescue attempts.source
  • 1530The Kaqchikel people, a tribe of the Maya people of what is now the Sacatepéquez Department of Guatemala, surrender to the Spanish conquistadors.source
  • 1538Mary of Guise is wed by proxy to King James V of Scotland, while she is at the Château de Châteaudun and he is in London, with neither of the two seeing each other.source
  • 1538James V and Mary of Guise are married by proxy at the Château de Châteaudun. The King's proxy Lord Maxwell gave the bride a diamond ring.source
  • 1554Elizabeth is released from the Tower of London, although she continues to be confined at home after she is cleared of suspicion of conspiracy to overthrow the government.source
  • 1611At the age of 16, Emperor Go-Mizunoo succeeds his father Emperor Go-Yōzei as Emperor of Japan.source
  • 1619King Christian IV sends out an expedition led by Jens Munk to find the North-West Passage. On board is also Rasmus Jensen, the first Lutheran cleric in Canada.source
  • 1645Battle of Auldearn: Scottish Covenanters are defeated by Montrose.source
  • 1662Samuel Pepys witnesses a Punch and Judy show in London (the first on record).source
  • 1662Samuel Pepys witnesses an "Italian puppet show" in London, the first Punch and Judy show on record.source
  • 1664Robert Hooke discovers Jupiter's Great Red Spot.source
  • 1671Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom from the Tower of London. He is immediately caught, because he is too drunk to run with the loot. He is later condemned to death, and then mysteriously pardoned and exiled by King Charles II.source
  • 1671"Colonel" Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London but is caught before he can get away with the loot. He is later condemned to death and then pardoned and exiled by King Charles II.source
  • 1695the Whig Henry Capell, Lord Capell, is appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland.source
  • 1722The 1722 British general election (began March 19) closes with Prime Minister Robert Walpole's Whig Party increasing its majority in the House of Commons of Great Britain, capturing 48 additional seats from the Tory Party and having a 389 to 169 advantage.source
  • 1722At the conclusion of the general election, new MPs for Welsh constituencies include Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet (Pembroke Boroughs); Francis Edwardes (Haverfordwest) and Sir William Morgan for Brecon and Monmouthshire.source
  • 1722General election ends, resulting in a landslide victory for the Whig government of Robert Walpole which increases its majority in the House of Commons to 220.source
  • 1726Catherine Hayes, convicted with two lovers for the brutal murder and dismemberment of her husband in London the previous year, becomes the last woman burned to death at the stake in England, at Tyburn (by this date it is usual for the condemned to be strangled before burning, but the process is botched in this case).source
  • 1730May 9 (April 28 O.S.) – The coronation of Anna of Russia as Empress of Russia takes place in Saint Petersburg.source
  • 1741War of Jenkins' Ear: Battle of Cartagena de Indias – Spain's defenders in New Grenada, under the command of General Blas de Lezo, defeat Edward Vernon's Royal Navy force, leading to a British retreat to Jamaica.source
  • 1741War of Jenkins' Ear: Battle of Cartagena de Indias – Spain's defenders in New Grenada, under the command of General Blas de Lezo, defeat Vernon's Royal Navy force, leading to a British retreat to Jamaica.source
  • 1743Austrian army defeats the Bavarian army in the Battle of Simbach.source
  • 1746Voltaire, on being admitted into the Académie française, gives a discours de réception in which he criticizes Boileau's poetrysource
  • 1761Exhibition of 1761, the innaugaral exhibition of the Society of Artists of Great Britain opens at Spring Gardens in Londonsource
  • 1761The Exhibition of 1761, the innaugaral exhibition of the Society of Artists of Great Britain opens at Spring Gardens in Londonsource
  • 1769France conquers Corsica, ending the Corsican War of Independence.source
  • 1769Battle of Ponte Novu ends, marking the end of the Corsican War and paving the way for French dominance over the island.source
  • 1773Hunger riots in Bordeaux.source
  • 1777The first session of the North Carolina General Assembly of 1777 ends and charters Johnston County Court House as Smithfield.source
  • 1781General John Campbell, defender of the British colony of West Florida, surrenders the capital at Pensacola to Spanish forces commanded by Bernardo de Galvez.source
  • 1798The County of Vrahesminde is established by Preben Bille-Brahe from the manors of af Hvedholm, Damsbo, Stensgård and Østrupgård.source
  • 1798Napoleon sets off for Toulon, sailing aboard Vice-Admiral Brueys's flagship L'Orient; his squadron is part of a larger fleet of over 300 vessels, carrying almost 37,000 troops.source
  • 1813May 1–9 – War of 1812: Fort Meigs is first besieged, by British allied forces under General Henry Proctor and Chief Tecumseh.source
  • 1813May 1–9 – War of 1812: First Siege of Fort Meigs: British allied forces, under General Henry Proctor and Chief Tecumseh, lay siege to the fort but do not capture it.source
  • 1823Russian author Alexander Pushkin begins work on his verse novel Eugene Onegin.source
  • 1828Sacramental Test Act removes most prohibitions on nonconformists and Catholics holding public office.source
  • 1828The Sacramental Test Act in the United Kingdom removes most prohibitions on nonconformists and Catholics holding public office.source
  • 1839May 7–11 – The Bedchamber Crisis in the United Kingdom: Following the announcement by Prime Minister Lord Melbourne that he intends to resign, Robert Peel asks (for political reasons) that Queen Victoria dismiss some of her personal attendants, Ladies of the Bedchamber, as a condition for his forming a government. Victoria refuses to accept the condition and Melbourne is persuaded to stay on as Prime Minister.source
  • 1845F. H. Faulding & Co pharmaceutical company founded in Adelaide, Australia.source
  • 1854May 5–15 – Hokkien–Teochew Riots in Singapore.source
  • 1865International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures opens in Dublin.source
  • 1867British immigrants Thomas and James Hogg found the Buenos Aires Football Club, effectively marking the beginning of the sport in Argentina.source
  • 1869May 4–10 – Naval Battle of Hakodate: The Imperial Japanese Navy defeats adherents of the Tokugawa shogunate.source
  • 1873Third Carlist War: The Battle of Montejurra is fought at Navarra, Spain.source
  • 1873Der Gründerkrach: The Wiener Börse (Vienna stock exchange) crash in Austria-Hungary ends the Gründerzeit, and heralds the global Panic of 1873 and Long Depression.source
  • 1874The first commercial horse-drawn carriage debuts in the city of Bombay, plying two routes.source
  • 1877Iquique Earthquake and tsunami: An earthquake of at least magnitude 8.5 M s occurs on the west coast of South America, killing 2,541 around the Pacific Rim.source
  • 18771877 Iquique earthquake (magnitude 8.5)source
  • 18771877 Iquique earthquakesource
  • 1877May 8–11 – At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is held.source
  • 1878The panserbatteri Helgoland is launched.source
  • 1885May 9–12 – North-West Rebellion: Battle of Batoche – Canadian government forces inflict a decisive defeat on Métis rebels, bringing an end to their part in the rebellion.source
  • 1887Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show opens in London.source
  • 1893Edison's 1½ inch system of Kinetoscope is first demonstrated in public, at the Brooklyn Institute.source
  • 1900The Sierra Nevada is wrecked off Portsea, Victoria; 23 lives are lost.source
  • 1901The first Australian Parliament opens in Melbourne.source
  • 1904Great Western Railway of England 3700 Class 3440 City of Truro possibly becomes the first railway locomotive to exceed 100 mph.source
  • 1905Upon the death of U.S. social activist Ann Reeves Jarvis In West Virginia, her daughter Anna Jarvis resolves to campaign across the United States for a proposed "Mother's Day".source
  • 1911a fire at the Empire Palace Theatre in Edinburgh kills eleven people, including illusionist Sigmund Neuberger ("The Great Lafayette") and also his lion and horse; he is buried in Piershill Cemetery with his dog Beauty.source
  • 1913July 11 – A major industrial strike occurs in the Black Country of England, involving 25,000 workers, and threatening preparations for World War I in naval and steel industries. The workers demand 23 shillings minimum wage.source
  • 1914J. T. Hearne in England becomes the first bowler to take 3,000 first-class wickets.source
  • 1915WWI – Second Battle of Artois: German and French forces fight to a standstill; German forces defeat the British at the Battle of Aubers Ridge.source
  • 1917May 8–12 – 1917 Far Eastern Games held in Tokyo.source
  • 1923Southeastern Michigan receives a record 15 cm of snow, after temperatures plummeted from 17 °F to 1 °F between 1 and 6 pm on the previous day.source
  • 1923The premiere of Bertolt Brecht's play In the Jungle (Im Dickicht), at the Residenztheater in Munich, is interrupted by Nazi demonstrators.source
  • 1926The French navy bombards Damascus, because of Druze riots.source
  • 1926Explorer Richard E. Byrd and co-pilot Floyd Bennett claim to be the first to fly over the North Pole in the Josephine Ford monoplane, taking off from Spitsbergen, Norway and returning 15 hours and 44 minutes later. Both men are immediately hailed as national heroes, though some experts have since been skeptical of the claim, believing that the plane was unlikely to have covered the entire distance and back in that short an amount of time. An entry in Byrd's diary, discovered in 1996, suggests that the plane actually turned back 150 miles short of the North Pole, due to an oil leak.source
  • 1927The Australian Parliament convenes for the first time in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. Previously, the Parliament had met in Melbourne, Victoria.source
  • 1930An elephant from the Monmouth mop fair escapes, and wades in the River Monnow before recapture.source
  • 1931Richmond set a record VFL score of 30.19 (199) against North Melbourne. This record stands until 1969. Doug Strang, with fourteen goals, and Jack Titus, with eight, combine for 22 goals - a total equalled by Templeton and Dunstan in 1978 but never beatensource
  • 1936Speaking in Rome, Benito Mussolini announces the foundation of the empire, as Italian East Africa is formed from the Italian territories of Eritrea, Ethiopia and Italian Somaliland.source
  • 1941WWII: German submarine U-110 is captured by the British Royal Navy in the North Atlantic. On board is the latest Enigma cryptography machine, which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.source
  • 1941The GS U-110 is captured by the British Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma cryptography machine, which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.source
  • 1944Maximiliano Hernández Martínez resigned and fled to Guatemala. Andrés Ignacio Menéndez became Provisional President.source
  • 1945The Soviet Union marks VE Day as the Red Army enters Prague, celebrated in the USSR as Victory Day.source
  • 1945Joseph Stalin declares victory over Nazi Germany during a speech broadcast on radio.source
  • 1946King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates, and is succeeded by his son Umberto II.source
  • 1946Sardar Shah Mahmud succeeds Sardar Mohammad Hashim as prime minister. The Afghan Minister of the Royal Court attributed Hashim's policies to the earlier eruption of the tribal revolts, saying: "With his dictatorial regime, Hashim Khan has alienated the entire Afghan population, especially the nomadic Pashtun tribes, who almost annually rise against the government with weapons in hand."source
  • 1948Solar eclipse of May 9, 1948: An annular solar eclipse is visible in Japan and South Korea, and is the 32nd solar eclipse of Solar Saros 137. This eclipse is very short, lasting just 0.3 seconds. The path width is just about 200 meters wide (approximately 218 yards).source
  • 1949Rainier III becomes Prince of Monaco, upon the death of his maternal grandfather Louis II.source
  • 1950Robert Schuman presents his proposal for the creation of a pan-European organisation, which he believes to be indispensable to the maintenance of permanently peaceful relations between the different nations of the continent. This proposal, known as the "Schuman Declaration", is considered to be the beginning of the creation of what becomes the European Union.source
  • 1953Australian Senate election, 1953: The Liberal/Country Coalition Government, led by Prime Minister Robert Menzies, holds their Senate majority, despite gains made by the Labor Party, led by H. V. Evatt. This is the first occasion where a Senate election is held without an accompanying House of Representatives election.source
  • 1953France agrees to the provisional independence of Cambodia, with King Norodom Sihanouk.source
  • 1955West Germany joins the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).source
  • 1956Manaslu, eighth highest mountain in the world (in the Nepalese Himalayas) is first ascended, by a Japanese team.source
  • 1960According to Chinese government official confirmed report, a Datong Laobaidong Coal mine gas explosion in Shanxi Province, 220 workers were rescued, 684 workers were perished.source
  • 1961In a speech on "Television and the Public Interest" to the National Association of Broadcasters in the United States, FCC chairman Newton N. Minow describes commercial television programming as a "vast wasteland".source
  • 1964South Korean President Park Chung Hee reshuffles his Cabinet, after a series of student demonstrations against his efforts to restore diplomatic and trade relations with Japan.source
  • 1965Pianist Vladimir Horowitz returns to the stage after a 12-year absence, performing a legendary concert in Carnegie Hall in New York.source
  • 1966Registration starts for the National Registration Identity Card (NRIC), which comes in laminated plastic.source
  • 1968The establishment of Institute of Nuclear Energy Research in Longtan Township, Taoyuan County.source
  • 1971Arsenal FC beats Liverpool F.C. 2–1 to win the English FA Cup, thus completing the league and cup 'double'.source
  • 1974A magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes the Izu Peninsula, killing 30 and injuring 102.source
  • 1976Ulrike Meinhof of the Red Army Faction is found hanged in an apparent suicide in her Stuttgart-Stammheim prison cell.source
  • 1976Imperial Iranian Air Force Flight 48 crashes on its approach to Madrid.source
  • 1978In Rome, the corpse of former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro, is found in a red Renault 4.source
  • 1979The Unabomber bomb injures Northwestern University graduate student John Harris.source
  • 1979Monsanto Company closes its production facility at Echternach after 13 years of operation, with the loss of 750 jobs.source
  • 1980In Florida, United States, the Liberian freighter Summit Venture hits the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay. A 1,400 foot section of the bridge collapses and 35 people (most of them on a bus) are killed.source
  • 1982May 9 to 14 – 1982 Bei River flood, mainly occur disaster area in Shaoguan, Qingyuan, Zhaoqing and other area of Guangdong Province, kill 493 persons an overall, according to China Red Cross official confirmed report.source
  • 1984Miriam Yalan-Shteklis (born 1900), Russian (Ukraine)-born Israeli writer and poet famous for her children's books.source
  • 1985The 3rd total Victory Day Parade (the first being in 1945 and the next in 1965) is held on Red Square in Moscow in the Soviet Union. It features T-34-85 tanks, veterans of World War II from Poland, Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union, and is the first parade to be held during the reign of Mikhail Gorbachev.source
  • 1985The first direct commercial flights between Iceland and the United States began, operated by Icelandair.source
  • 1987A Soviet-made Ilyushin Il-62 airliner, operated by LOT Polish Airlines, crashes into a forest just outside Warsaw, killing all 183 people on board.source
  • 1992May 8-9 - The Armenian Armed Forces capture the city of Shushi, marking the first significant military victory by Armenians.source
  • 1992The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is adopted in New York.source
  • 1992The Westray Mine in Plymouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, explodes, killing all 26 miners working the night shift.source
  • 1992Michelle McLean, Miss Namibia, is crowned Miss Universe at Bangkok, Thailand. Is the first and only time that Namibia wins the contest.source
  • 1996South Africa's National Party pulls out of the coalition government formed two years earlier, and the African National Congress assumes full political control.source
  • 1996Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni wins a landslide victory in the country's first direct presidential elections, securing 75% of the vote.source
  • 1999Mother's Day bus crash: a charter bus veers off the roadway before colliding with a dirk embankment in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, killing 22 passengers and injuring another 22.source
  • 2004A stadium bombing in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia kills ten people, including regional governor Akhmad Kadyrov.source
  • 2009Chad captures 150 rebels near Am-Dam after having crossed over the eastern border with Sudan. This was a single event in part of a larger conflict.source
  • 2012May 9–13 - The first international bicycle tour was organized in memory of Heydar Aliyev.source
  • 2014May 6–10 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2014 takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark, and is won by Austrian entrant Conchita Wurst with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix".source
  • 2016Rodrigo Duterte is elected the President of the Philippines.source
  • 2017May 9–13 – The Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Kyiv, Ukraine, and is won by Portuguese entrant Salvador Sobral with the song "Amar Pelos Dois".source
  • 2018The opposition-led Pakatan Harapan coalition, led by former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, secures a parliamentary majority in the Malaysian Parliament as the result of the 2018 Malaysian general election, ending the 61-year rule of the Barisan Nasional coalition since independence in 1957.source
  • 2018May 8–12 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 is held in Lisbon, Portugal, and is won by Israeli entrant Netta Barzilai with the song "Toy".source
  • 2020Several Chinese and Indian soldiers are injured in a cross-border clash at the Nathu La crossing. About 150 troops participated in the face-off, which involved fistfights and stone-throwing.source
  • 20222022 Philippine presidential election: Bongbong Marcos and Sara Duterte are elected the 17th President and 15th Vice President of the Philippines in a landslide victory.source
  • 2022Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns as a result of massive protests against his government across the country. He is succeeded by Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister three days later.source
  • 2023Cyclone Mocha forms in the Indian Ocean, killing over 400 people and injuring over 700 as it strikes Myanmar and Bangladesh.source
  • 2023May 9–13 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2023 is held in Liverpool, UK. Swedish contestant Loreen wins with the song "Tattoo".source
  • 2024May 7–11 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is held in Malmö, Sweden. Swiss contestant Nemo wins with the song "The Code".source
  • 2025May 9–25 – The 2025 IIHF World Championship is held in Stockholm, Sweden, and Herning, Denmark, and is won by the United States.source

Births

  • 1147Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (died 1199)source
  • 1151al-Adid, last Fatimid caliph (died 1171)source
  • 1170Valdemar II (the Conqueror), king of Denmark (died 1241)source
  • 1278Kokan Shiren, Japanese Zen patriarch (died 1347)source
  • 1540Maharana Pratap, Indian warrior king (died 1597)source
  • 1540Maharana Pratap, Hindu Rajput ruler of Mewar (died 1597)source
  • 1555Jerónima de la Asunción, founder of the first Catholic monastery in Manila, the Monastery of Santa Clara (died 1630)source
  • 1567John George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1603–1618) (died 1618)source
  • 1594Louis Henry, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg, military leader in the Thirty Years' War (died 1662)source
  • 1634Lievin Cruyl, priest-architect (died before 1720)source
  • 1722Morgan Edwards, Baptist historian (died 1795)source
  • 1746Gaspard Monge, French mathematician and geometer (died 1818)source
  • 1800John Brown, American abolitionist (died 1859)source
  • 1808John Scott Russell, Scottish civil engineer (died 1882)source
  • 1828Andrew Murray, author, educationist and pastor, is born in Cape Townsource
  • 1860J. M. Barrie, Scottish author (died 1937)source
  • 1892Ștefan Foriș, Hungarian-Romanian journalist and politician (died 1946)source
  • 1907Baldur von Schirach, Nazi official (died 1974)source
  • 1949Billy Joel, American singer, songwriter and pianistsource
  • 1995Beth Mead, English footballersource

Deaths

  • 348Pachomius the Great, founder of Christian cenobitic monasticism (born 292)source
  • 729Osric, king of Northumbriasource
  • 893Shi Pu, warlord of the Tang dynastysource
  • 909Adalgar, archbishop of Bremensource
  • 934Wang Sitong, Chinese general and governor (born 892)source
  • 1247Richard de Bures, French knight and Grand Mastersource
  • 1329John Drokensford, Bishop of Bath and Wellssource
  • 1433King Min Saw Mon of Arakansource
  • 1435The French Army, led by Jean Poton de Xaintrailles and Étienne de Vignolles ("La Hire") wins the Battle of Gerberoy, despite being outnumbered 3 to 1 by the English Army under John FitzAlan. the French lose no more than 30 soldiers while the English lose over 1,000, including FitzAlan, who is fatally wounded and died on June 12.source
  • 1443Niccolò Albergati, Italian cardinal and diplomat (born 1373)source
  • 1446Mary of Enghien, Queen of Naples (born 1367)source
  • 1450Abdal-Latif Mirza, a Timurid dynasty monarch, is assassinated.source
  • 1474Peter von Hagenbach, Alsatian knight and ruler (born 1423)source
  • 1488Frederick I of Liegnitz, Duke of Chojnów and Strzelin from 1453 (born 1446)source
  • 1590Charles de Bourbon French cardinal and pretender to the throne (born 1523)source
  • 1602Giulio Antonio Santorio, Italian Catholic cardinal (born 1532)source
  • 1657William Bradford, Governor of Plymouth Colony (born 1590)source
  • 1669Peder Pedersen, merchant and burgermaster (born 1608)source
  • 1679Miguel Mañara, was the main founder of the Hospital de la Caridad in Seville (born 1627)source
  • 1688May 9 (April 29 OS) – Friedrich Wilhelm, the Great Elector of Brandenburg-Prussia, dies. Friedrich III becomes Elector of Brandenburg-Prussia until 1701, when he becomes the first King of Prussia, as Friedrich I.source
  • 1695Lambert van Haven, architect (born 1630)source
  • 1707Dieterich Buxtehude, German composer (born c. 1637)source
  • 1745Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Italian violinist and composer (born 1663)source
  • 1747John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and diplomat (born 1673)source
  • 1760Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, German religious and social reformer (born 1700)source
  • 1791Francis Hopkinson, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (born 1737)source
  • 1802Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein, Swedish ambassador (born 1749)source
  • 1805Friedrich Schiller, German playwright (born 1759)source
  • 1805Friedrich Schiller, German playwright (born 1759)source
  • 1806Robert Morris, English-born merchant, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, "financier of the American Revolution" (born 1734)source
  • 1810Benjamin Lincoln, major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War (born 1733)source
  • 1834The founder of the Second Saudi State, Imam Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud, is assassinated after the Friday prayers by Ibrahim Hamza, following the orders of his cousin Mishari.source
  • 1898May 7–9 – Bava Beccaris massacre: Hundreds of demonstrators are killed, when General Fiorenzo Bava Beccaris orders troops to fire on a rally in Milan, Italy.source
  • 1911Thomas Wentworth Higginson, American Unitarian minister and abolitionist (born 1823)source
  • 1916May 3–12 - 15 Irish rebel leaders who took part in the Easter Rising in Dublin in April are executed. Among them were Patrick Pearse, James Connolly, Thomas Clarke and William Pearse, brother of Patrick Pearse who had served as a captain rather than a leader.source
  • 1931Albert A. Michelson, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1852)source
  • 1978Aldo Moro, Italian Christian Democratic politician and statesman, 38th Prime Minister of Italy (assassinated) (born 1916)source
  • 2017Zoran Madžirov, percussionist (born 1968)source