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| 1989 | Anniversary Thatcher, Margaret Hilda |  |
| Celebrates 10 yrs as Prime Minister
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| 1919 | Assassination Eglhofer, Rudolf |  |
| Munich Munich is "liberated" by the White Army & Eglhofer is assassinated by Feikorps troops
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| 1919 | Assassination Landauer, Gustav |  |
| Munich Munich is "liberated" by the White Army & Landauer is assassinated by Feikorps troops
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| 1937 | Battle of Barcelona Largo Caballero, Francisco |  |
| Barcelona 1st day of battle by Republican Government against anarcho-syndicalists & marxists
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| 1942 | Battle of Coral Sea Inouye, Shigeyoshi |  |
| Tulagi Captures the Island of Tulagi in the Coral Sea
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| 1928 | Battle of Ji'nan Kai-Shek, Chiang |  |
| Ji'nan Japan defeats the Guomindang at Ji'nan & occupies the Shandong Peninsular
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| 1928 | Battle of Ji'nan Hirohito |  |
| Shandong Japan defeats the Guomindang at Ji'nan & occupies the Shandong Peninsular
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| 1215 | Battle of Northampton Fitzwalter, Robert |  |
| Northampton Barons renounce their allegiance to John, Fitzwalter leads an attack on Northampton
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| 1215 | Battle of Northampton John |  |
| Northampton After the barons attack Northampton John offers concessions
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| Northampton John orders his mercenaries into London after the battle of Northampton
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| 1748 | Birth SieyŠs, Emmanuel Joseph |  |
| Fr‚jus Birth of Emmanuel Joseph SieyŠs
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| 1857 | Birth Carden, Sackville Hamilton |  |
| Tipperary Birth of Sackville Hamilton Carden
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| 1933 | Birth Brown, James |  |
| Barnwell Birth of James Brown, Sth Carolina
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| 1928 | Capture Kai-Shek, Chiang |  |
| Shandong Japan defeats the Guomindang at Ji'nan & occupies the Shandong Peninsular
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| 1928 | Capture Hirohito |  |
| Shandong Japan defeats the Guomindang at Ji'nan & occupies the Shandong Peninsular
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| 1942 | Capture Inouye, Shigeyoshi |  |
| Tulagi Captures the Island of Tulagi in the Coral Sea
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| Tulagi Japanese forces occupy the island of Tulagi without opposition
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| 1796 | Colonel Wellesley, Arthur |  |
| Appointed Colonel
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| 1973 | Constitution Heath, Edward Richard George |  |
| The Northern Ireland Assembly Bill resulting from the white paper becomes law on 3 May, 1973, & elections for the new assembly are held on 28 June
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| 1933 | Constitution Valera, Eamon de |  |
| Dublin The Dail abolishes loyalty to the British crown
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| 1947 | Constitution Yoshida, Shigeru |  |
| The new Constitution takes effect
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| 1791 | Constitution Stanislaw II |  |
| Stanislaw II transforms Poland into a unitary state
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| The Union of Lublin is superseded by the Constitution of the Third May
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| 1973 | Council Ireland Heath, Edward Richard George |  |
| The Northern Ireland Assembly Bill resulting from the white paper becomes law on 3 May, 1973, & elections for the new assembly are held on 28 June
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| 1919 | Death Eglhofer, Rudolf |  |
| Munich Munich is "liberated" by the White Army & Eglhofer is assassinated by Feikorps troops
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| 1919 | Death Landauer, Gustav |  |
| Munich Munich is "liberated" by the White Army & Landauer is assassinated by Feikorps troops
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| 1758 | Death Benedict XIV |  |
| Death of Benedict XIV, Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini
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| 1859 | Declaration of War Franz Josef I |  |
| France declares war Austria
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| 1859 | Declaration of War Napoleon III |  |
| France declares war Austria
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| 1971 | Demonstrations Nixon, Richard Mulhouse |  |
| Washington Anti war protest in Washington DC
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| 1982 | Diplomacy Galtieri, Leopoldo |  |
| Galtieri rejects Peruvian peace plan, citing General Belgrano
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| Rejects the Peruvian peace plan, cites the sinking of the Belgrano
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| 1838 | Diplomacy Temple, Henry John |  |
| London Demands payment to bondholders, suggests revenue from the Spanish colony of Cuba
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| 1979 | Election Callaghan, James |  |
| The Labour Party lose the election after a 7% swing to the Conservatives
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| The Labour Party win 36.9% of votes cast & 269 MPs
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| 1979 | Election Major, John Roy |  |
| Huntingdon Elected Member of Parliament for Huntingdon, majority of 21,563
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| 1979 | Election Steel, David |  |
| The Liberals win 13.8% votes cast & 11 MPs
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| 1979 | Election Thatcher, Margaret Hilda |  |
| Conservatives 339, Labour 268, Liberals 11, others 18
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| The Conservatives win a majority of 45
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| 1938 | Exhibition British Empire George VI |  |
| Glasgow Opens the exhibition at Bellahouston Park, Glasgow
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| 1971 | General Secretary Honecker, Erich |  |
| Berlin Appointed General Secretary of the SED, Socialist Unity Party
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| 1621 | Impeachment Bacon, Francis |  |
| London Parliament fines Bacon & declares him incapable of holding office
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| 1230 | Invasion of France Henry III |  |
| London Lands with the invasion force at St Malo & proceeds to Dinan
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| 1940 | Invasion of Norway Chamberlain, Neville |  |
| Namsos British Forces are withdrawn from Namsos
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| 1921 | Invasion of Silesia Wirth, Karl Joseph |  |
| Silesia Polish forces under Wojciech Korfantry invade Upper Silesia
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| 1973 | Legislation Heath, Edward Richard George |  |
| The Northern Ireland Assembly Bill resulting from the white paper becomes law on 3 May, 1973, & elections for the new assembly are held on 28 June
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| 1939 | Mobilization Schmundt, Rudolf |  |
| Berlin Takes minutes at a Chancellery conference when Hitler declares war is inevitable
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| 1965 | Mobilization Johnson, Lyndon Baines |  |
| The 1st USAArmy combat troops, 3500 men of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, arrive in Vietnam
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| 1814 | Peerage Wellesley, Arthur |  |
| Wellington Created Duke of Wellington
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| 1673 | Privy Council Osbourne, Thomas |  |
| Appointed Privy Councillor
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| 1389 | Rebellion Richard II |  |
| London Regains control of the Government
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| 1916 | Resignation Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer |  |
| Armentieres Churchill does not seek another command & returns to Parliament
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| Armentieres The 6th Royal Scots merges with the 15th Division
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| 1493 | Rule of America Ferdinand II |  |
| The Pope grants Spain exclusive rights to American land 100 leagues west of the Azores
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| 1921 | Rule of Silesia Wirth, Karl Joseph |  |
| Silesia Polish forces under Wojciech Korfantry invade Upper Silesia
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| 2007 | Siege of Baghdad Jubouri, Muharib Abdul Latif al- |  |
| Baghdad Muharib Abdul Latif al-Jubouri, a leader of al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, dies in a raid north of Baghdad. USAofficials say that Jubouri was involved in the kidnapping of American reporter Jill Carroll
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| 2007 | Siege of Baghdad Bush, George Walker |  |
| Baghdad Muharib Abdul Latif al-Jubouri, a leader of al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, dies in a raid north of Baghdad. USAofficials say that Jubouri was involved in the kidnapping of American reporter Jill Carroll
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| 2007 | Siege of Baghdad Carroll, Jill |  |
| Baghdad Muharib Abdul Latif al-Jubouri, a leader of al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, dies in a raid north of Baghdad. USAofficials say that Jubouri was involved in the kidnapping of American reporter Jill Carroll
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| 1982 | Sinking Galtieri, Leopoldo |  |
| After the loss of the Belgrano, the entire Argentine fleet returns to port and do not leave again for the duration of hostilities
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| Galtieri rejects Peruvian peace plan, citing General Belgrano
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| 1982 | Sinking Thatcher, Margaret Hilda |  |
| Galtieri rejects Peruvian peace plan, citing General Belgrano
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| 1925 | Strike Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer |  |
| London Advocates "no surrender" to the strikers
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| London Organizes the printing of a Government newspaper, the "British Gazette"
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| 1926 | Strike Baldwin, Stanley |  |
| The TUC calls a general strike in support of the Miners
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| 1926 | Strike Bevin, Ernest |  |
| Railwaymen, printers, builders, drivers, dockers, iron & steel workers join miners
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| 1986 | Summit Thatcher, Margaret Hilda |  |
| 3-6 May, attends the Tokyo G7 summit
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| 1621 | Trial Bacon, Francis |  |
| London Parliament fines Bacon & declares him incapable of holding office
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| 1791 | Union Lublin Stanislaw II |  |
| The Union of Lublin is superseded by the Constitution of the Third May
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