Historical Events in May, Month of May Events
Here is a list of some historical events in May. You can learn What major event happened in May?
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| May 22, 1972 | Ceylon adopts a new constitution, becoming a republic and changing its name to Sri Lanka. |
| May 15, 1602 | Cape Cod is sighted by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold. |
| May 21, 996 | Sixteen-year-old Otto III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. |
| May 7, 1940 | World War II: The Norway Debate in the British House of Commons begins, and leads to the replacement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with Winston Churchill three days later. |
| May 21, 1966 | The Ulster Volunteer Force declares war on the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland. |
| May 1, 2004 | Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the European Union, celebrated at the residence of the Irish President in Dublin. |
| May 30, 1967 | The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war. |
| May 16, 1812 | Imperial Russia signs the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the Russo-Turkish War. The Ottoman Empire cedes Bessarabia to Russia. |
| May 11, 1985 | Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in the Bradford City stadium fire. |
| May 7, 1763 | Pontiac's War begins with Pontiac's attempt to seize Fort Detroit from the British. |
| May 29, 1867 | The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire. |
| May 30, 1979 | Downeast Flight 46 crashes on approach to Knox County Regional Airport in Rockland, Maine, killing 17. |
| May 22, 1948 | Finnish President J. K. Paasikivi releases Yrjö Leino from his duties as interior minister in 1948 after the Finnish parliament adopted a motion of censure of Leino with connection to his illegal handing over of nineteen people to the Soviet Union in 1945.[9][10] |
| May 10, 1993 | In Thailand, a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills over 200 workers. |
| May 31, 1813 | In Australia, William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth reach Mount Blaxland, effectively marking the end of a route across the Blue Mountains. |
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