0961 German King Otto II crowned
1328 William of Ockham forced to flee from Avignon by Pope John XXII
1521 Edict of Worms outlaws Martin Luther & his followers
1521 Martin Luther is banned by the Edict of Worms for his writings and religious beliefs
1538 Genève throws out Calvijn
1596 England, France & Netherlands signs Drievoudig Covenant against Spain
1637 The first battle of Pequot at New Haven CT kills 500 Indians
1647 Massachusetts disallows priest access to colony
1736 Battle of Ackia (Louisiana), British & Chickasaw Indians defeat the French
1781 Bank of North America incorporated in Philadelphia
1788 Mary Clark of England gives birth to a baby without a brain
1790 Territory South of River Ohio created by Congress
1798 British kill about 500 Irish insurgents at the Battle of Tara
1805 Lewis & Clark first see Rocky Mountains
1805 Napolean Bonaparte is crowned King of Italy
1805 Napoleon is crowned king of Italy
1805 The emperor Napoleon crowns himself with the old iron crown of the Lombard kings May 26 in the cathedral at Milan, he appoints his stepson Eugène Beauharnais viceroy June 7, but a Third Coalition mobilizes against him; Austria, Russia, and Sweden make alliances with Britain, while Napoleon gains support from Spain, Bavaria, Württemberg, Baden, Hesse, and Nassau
1807 French forces take Danzig and defeat the Russians June 14 in the Battle of Friedland
1860 Garibaldi occupies Palermo Italy
1861 Postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with the South
1861 Union blockades New Orleans LA & Mobile AL
1864 Skirmish along the Totopotomoy Creek VA
1864 Territory of Montana is formed
1865 Arrangements are made in New Orleans for the surrender of Confederate forces west of the Mississippi during the U S Civil War
1865 Battle of Galveston TX, surrender of Edmund Kirby Smith
