0973 The Holy Roman Emperor Otto I dies May 7 at age 60 after an 11-year reign

1274 2nd Council of Lyons (14th ecumenical council) opens

1355 1,200 Jews of Toledo Spain killed by Count Henry of Trastamara

1416 Monk Nicolaas Serrurier arrested because of heresy at Tournay

1429 English siege of Orléans broken by Joan of Arc

1579 Congress of Cologne forms in Netherlands

1624 Admiral Hermites conquering fleet reaches Callao the Lima, Peru

1638 Cornelis S Goyer takes possession of Mauritius (uninhabited)

1657 Louis XlV prohibits the sale of liquor to Indians.

1660 Isaack B Fubine of Savoy, in The Hague, patents macaroni

1663 Theatre Royal in Drury Lane London opens

1700 William Penn began monthly meetings for Blacks advocating emancipation

1727 Jews are expelled from Ukraine by Empress Catherine I of Russia

1748 French troops conquer Maastricht

1765 Admiral Nelson's sailboat HMS Victory runs aground

1771 Samuel Hearne arrives at the mouth of the Coppermine River and views the Arctic Coast.

1771 Samuel Hearne explores the Copper Mine River of Canada

1775 Turkish state of Bukovina secedes from Austria

1789 The first inaugural ball (for George Washington in New York NY)

1789 The first U S inagural ball is held in New York to honor President and Mrs George Washington

1792 Captain Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington)

1800 Indiana Territory organized

1840 Tornado strikes Natchez MS, kills 317

1848 Prussians stop insurrection in Varsovia

1856 Argentine & Brazilian sign a navigation pact

1861 Riot occurs between prosecessionist & Union supporters in Knoxville TN

1862 Battle of West Point VA (Eltham's Landing, Barnhamsville)

1862 Much of Enschede Netherlands destroyed by fire

1864 Battle of Wilderness ends (total losses USA-17,666; CSA-7,500)

1864 Skirmish at Port Walthall Junction VA (Drewry's Bluff)

1866 German premier Otto von Bismarck seriously wounded in assassin attempt

1867 Blacks stage ride-in to protest segregation in New Orleans

1873 US marines attack Panama

1875 German SS Schiller sinks near Scilly Islands, 312 killed

1885 John E W Thompson, named minister to Haiti

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