May 11 in History

Constantinople becomes a 2nd Rome in an effort to unite the east & west of the Empire. Byzantium is renamed Constantinople & made the Christian capital

Marries Frederick III of Austria.

Marries Isabella of Aragon, strengthening dynastic connections.

Joan meets Charles VII at Loches & convinces him to push forward toward Reims for his coronation

Henry VII is buried beside Elizabeth of York in the Lady Chapel he had founded at Westminster Abbey.

Henry VIII makes peace with James V

An Anglo-Scots Peace Treaty is signed

Russian forces capture Narva during the opening phase of the Livonian War

Knox preaches at Perth and religious unrest spreads

Hostilities end by the election (11¿15 May 1573) of the Duke of Anjou to the throne of Poland and by the Edict of Boulogne (signed in July 1573), which curtailed many of the rights granted to French Protestants

Laud escapes an armed crowd that attacks Lambeth Palace during the night.

Charles asked the Lords to consider mercy for Strafford after giving assent to the attainder.

Reaches Droitwich & leaves it 14th May

Given a state funeral & buried in the High Kirk of St Giles

William III of Orange and Mary accept the Scottish crown after the Convention of Estates offers it to them.

Accepts the separate Scottish crown with Mary II

Accepts the separate Scottish crown with William III

William and Mary are offered the separate Scottish Crown (the two kingdoms were not united until the Acts of Union in 1707); they accept on 11 May

After the Battle of Fontenoy France occupies the Austrian Netherlands

After the Battle of Fontenoy France occupies the Austrian Netherlands

After the Battle of Fontenoy France occupies the Austrian Netherlands

During the Battle of Fontenoy Cumberland is forced to retreat to Brussels and wis unable to prevent the fall of Ghent, Bruges and Ostend

During the Battle of Fontenoy Cumberland is forced to retreat to Brussels and wis unable to prevent the fall of Ghent, Bruges and Ostend

During the Battle of Fontenoy Cumberland is forced to retreat to Brussels and wis unable to prevent the fall of Ghent, Bruges and Ostend

During the Battle of Fontenoy Cumberland is forced to retreat to Brussels and wis unable to prevent the fall of Ghent, Bruges and Ostend. Cumberland advances to the relief of Toutnai, which was besieged by Marshal Saxe, in the resulting Battle of Fontenoy the Allies were defeated by the French

Defeated by Marshal Saxe in an a failed effort to relieve Tournai

Almeida fortress suerrenders

Arrests John Bellinigham for the assassination of Spencer Perceval

Shoots Prime Minister Spencer Perceval in the lobby of the House of Commons

Advises John Bellinigham to petition Spencer Perceval for compensation

Shot in the lobby of the Commons by John Bellinigham who blames him for his bankruptcy

The fall of Torgau

Greece (Hellas) is recognised as a free country from the Ottoman Empire

Greece (Hellas) is recognised as a free country from the Ottoman Empire

Greece (Hellas) is recognised as a free country from the Ottoman Empire

As a result of years of negotiation, Greece is finally recognized as an independent nation in May 1832

Rebel sepoys enter Delhi and recognize Bahadur Shah II as the symbolic emperor of the uprising.

Lincoln remains in Springfield on the eve of the presidential election

Supports a wider franchise despite warnings by Palmerston not to commit the Government

Supports a wider franchise to include the northern towns

Supports a wider franchise to include the northern towns. Supports a wider franchise despite warnings by Palmerston not to commit the Government

Killed in battle as the Confederates are driven from Richmond

The Government relaxes statutory note limits to contain the Overend Gurney panic.

Gladstone authorises emergency liquidity after the collapse of Overend Gurney triggers panic.

Introduces the May Laws subjecting the Clergy to State control

Introduces the May Laws subjecting the Clergy to State control

Debs leads a railway boycott supporting Pullman workers during a major national labour conflict.

Annalen der Physik receives Einstein's paper explaining Brownian motion through molecular collisions.

Graduates from the Military Academy Staff College with the rank of Captain

Publication of "Quadragesimo Anno", outline of the corporate state

Directs M, his first sound film.

Contributes to debate on national health insurance and contributory pensions legislation.

Japanese attack on disputed border areas is renewed between Japanese and Soviets

Japanese attacks on disputed border areas is renewed between Japanese and Russia

Appointed Member of Coalition War Cabinet

Forms a national coalition government to prosecute the war.

Appointed Commander of the 4th Armoured Division

Appointed Commander of the 4th Armoured Division

Appointed First Lord of the Admiralty, 2nd term

Begins the French advance into Holland as part of Gamelins Plan D

Commander of British forces during the Norwegian campaign

Given 11 Downing St as part of his appointment as Lord President

Appointed Minister of Aircraft

Appointed Minister of Labour & National Service

Appointed Minister of Supply

Joins Churchill’s wartime coalition as Minister without Portfolio and a member of the War Cabinet.

The 7th Division crosses the Ourthe River

Appointed Secretary of State for Air

Appointed Member of War Cabinet

Appointed Member of War Cabinet

Creates a smaller War Cabinet for rapid wartime decision making.

Appointed Member of War Cabinet

Churchill appoints Eden Secretary of State for War in the new coalition government

Announces Hess flight to Britain was due to a mental breakdown

Commands an invasion of Italy to divert the Axis powers from the D-Day landings

In order to try & break the deadlock the area is swamped with Allied troops

Appointed Minister of National Defence in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam

Promulgates the constitution of the Kingdom of Laos within the French Union

Israel becomes a member of the United Nations

Released by POW captors

Released by POW captors

Appointed President of Italy

First enters the US charts with "Heartbreak Hotel"

The conference place at MacMillans instigation. Attended by the Foreign Minister's of Britain, Russia, America & France

Israeli agents kidnap Eichman in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Israeli agents capture Eichmann near his Argentine residence.

Launches the Worlds longest liner at St Nazaire

He is secretly held before removal to Israel.

Appointed President of Italy

Marina joins Oswald at 4905 Magazine Street

Captains Real Madrid to victory over Partizan and wins a record sixth European Cup.

Scores Real Madrid's equaliser against Partizan in the European Cup final.

Scores the winning goal as Real Madrid defeat Partizan 2-1 to claim their sixth European Cup.

Faces riots after the death of Charles Oatman in jail

The Baader-Meinhof bomb a US Army base in Frankfurt killing 1 & injuring 14

The federal case against Ellsberg and Anthony Russo is dismissed after government misconduct, including illegal evidence gathering connected with the Fielding break-in, is exposed.

Manages Anderlecht in the European Cup Winners' Cup final, where Hamburg win 2-0.

Haig sends his deputy General Vernon Walters to Buenos Aires

Haig sends his deputy General Vernon Walters to Buenos Aires

Aberdeed seal a 2-1 victory over Real Madrid in the final of the European Cup Winners Cup, becoming only the third Scottish team to win a European trophy and Ferguson now felt that "hed done something worthwhile with his life"

Confronts the first nationwide protest against military rule amid recession and growing political opposition.

Leads a new coalition Government, Socialist & Freedom Party

The central government imposes President's Rule in Punjab amid escalating militancy and political instability.

The decision preserves the treaty framework supporting IAEA safeguards.

Leads the IAEA during indefinite extension of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

NPT parties agree to extend the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty indefinitely.

Konare wins a second presidential term during opposition-boycotted elections.

A Sinn Fein conference approves the Good Friday Accord

Vajpayee's government conducts the first three Pokhran-II nuclear tests, followed by two further tests on 13 May.

India conducts three underground nuclear tests at Pokhran and publicly declares the tests successful.

India conducts a series of nuclear tests at Pokhran and openly declares itself a nuclear-weapon state.

Opens the new look National Maritime Museum

Tony Longrigg becomes Governor of Montserrat

ibn Shaker participates in arab summit connected with Jordanian political and historical developments.

Brown launches his leadership campaign with proposals for citizenship and constitutional reform.

Brown launches his campaign promising to listen, learn and lead change.

Brown launches his campaign to succeed Tony Blair as Labour leader.

Tony Blair today announces he is stepping down after 10 years as Prime Minister and 13 as Labour leader. The Prime Minister returns to his political roots in the north east for his swansong, telling supporters at Trimdon Labour club he would stand down as PM on June 27

Altman commands Atlantis as the final Hubble servicing mission launches to repair and modernize the observatory.

Announces plans to form a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats.

Becomes Deputy Prime Minister in the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition.

Talks between Cameron and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg led to an agreed Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition, enabling the Queen to invite Cameron to form a Government

Sets out priorities of freedom, fairness and responsibility after accepting the Queen's request to form a government.

Appointed Prime Minister after Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition talks.

Brown resigns as Prime Minister after coalition negotiations produce a Conservative-led government.

Brown resigns after the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats agree to form a coalition.

Birth of Anne of Austria, daughter of Emperor Charles IV by Elizabeth of Pomerania

Birth of Luang Privi

Death of Spencer Perceval, assassinated

Death of James Ewell Brown, killed in battle

Death of John Frederick William Herschel

Death of Karl Schwarzschild

Death of Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto

Death of Bob Marley

French victory over 50,000 British, Dutch & German. Britain gains compensation in America & India. After the Battle of Fontenoy France occupies the Austrian Netherlands

The French under Maurice de Saxe stop an allied advance on Tournai

Defeated by the French while relieving Tournai

Crosses the Borders of Belgium & Luxembourg towards France

Gets his remaining troops across the Chindwin River & into the border region

Crowned at Bath "Emperor of Britain

Eldred Archbishop of York crowns Matilda as Queen of England

Eldred Archbishop of York crowns Matilda as Queen of England

Eldred Archbishop of York crowns Matilda as Queen of England

Eldred Archbishop of York crowns Matilda as Queen of England

William's wife Matilda is crowned Queen of England, reinforcing the legitimacy and public standing of the new dynasty.

Joan meets Charles VII at Loches & convinces him to push forward toward Reims for his coronation

Joan meets Charles VII at Loches & convinces him to push forward toward Reims for his coronation