May 12 in History

Berengaria of Navarre marries Richard I at Limassol after the capture of Cyprus

Berengaria of Navarre marries Richard I at Limassol after the capture of Cyprus

Marries Berengaria of Navarre daughter of Sancho VI of Navarre

Richard I marries Berengaria of Navarre

Goes to Normandy & spends the rest of his reign in France

Orders that the estates of the rebellious barons be seized, starting the civil war

Edward demanded recognition as superior lord before proceeding with the succession case.

Louis IV supports Nicholas V against Pope John XXII

Pietro Rainalducci is set up as Antipope Nicholas V

Nicholas V becomes the last imperial antipope of the Middle Ages

Invested as Prince of Wales

Appointed Lieutenant General of the first division of the army in France

Day of the Barricades in Paris, Duke Henry of Guise seizes the city, forcing King Henry III to flee

Strafford's remains are buried following his execution.

Strafford is executed after Parliament obtains royal assent to his attainder.

Laud gave Strafford a final blessing from the Tower as the condemned Earl passed toward execution.

Strafford's attainder prevented his son William from immediately inheriting the earldom and family honours.

Strafford addresses the crowd before his execution on Tower Hill.

Pym's campaign removes the King's most powerful minister from government.

Evelyn records the solemn public execution on Tower Hill.

Evelyn witnesses Strafford's execution and records the event in his diary.

Succeeds in securning a base for the Covenanters in Down

Charles proposes transferring the central law courts from London to York.

Charles proposes transferring the central law courts from London to York.

Succeeds in securning a base for the Covenanters in Down

Tartuffe is performed before Louis XIV and soon faces religious opposition.

Louis XIV sees Moliere's Tartuffe during court festivities at Versailles.

Sees Moliere's Tartuffe during court festivities.

Registers a parliamentary proxy with the Earl of Shrewsbury before leaving for military service abroad.

Peter's forces capture the Swedish fortress of Nyenschantz.

Under what came to be known as the Wilberforce Oak at Holwood, Pitt challenged his friend: "Wilberforce, why dont you give notice of a motion on the subject of the Slave Trade?"

Under what came to be known as the Wilberforce Oak at Holwood, Pitt challenged his friend: "Wilberforce, why dont you give notice of a motion on the subject of the Slave Trade?"

When the Privy Council report was published on 25 April 1789, it was finally time for Wilberforce to make his delayed entry into the Parliamentary campaign, after months of planning Wilberforce makes his first major speech on the subject of abolition

Wilberforce draws on Thomas Clarksons evidence in the Commons, he describes in detail the appalling conditions in which slaves travelled from Africa

Wilberforce draws on Thomas Clarksons evidence in the Commons, he describes in detail the appalling conditions in which slaves travelled from Africa. When the Privy Council report was published on 25 April 1789, it was finally time for Wilberforce to make his delayed entry into the Parliamentary campaign, after months of planning Wilberforce makes his first major speech on the subject of abolition

Takes up residence at Schonbrunn

Napoleon threatens to besiege Vienna

Opens the art-industry exhibition designed to promote the industry & arts of Ireland

The Conference of London leads to a ceasefire, which soon breaks down, as as there is not an agreement on territorial oundaries

The Conference of London leads to a ceasefire, which soon breaks down, as as there is not an agreement on territorial oundaries

Helps define the International's position on Prussian protectionist tariff policy.

Drafts an address from the International to the National Labor Union in the United States.

Oversees passage of the Manitoba Act.

Negotiates protections that help create Manitoba as a province.

The treaty establishes French control over Tunisian foreign affairs.

His government imposes the Treaty of Bardo on Tunisia.

Surrenders after defeat at Batoche during the North-West Rebellion.

Eloff leads a bold assault into Mafeking and penetrates part of the defended town.

Eloff's raiding force is isolated inside Mafeking and he is compelled to surrender to the defenders.

Hore is captured during Eloff's penetration of Mafeking before the attacking Boer force is itself surrounded.

Baden-Powell's garrison contains Eloff's assault and forces the isolated Boer raiders to surrender.

Roberts reaches Kroonstad

Expanded by a military contract

Creates the Royal Flying Corps

Negotiates operational cooperation between the Bulgarian and Serbian armies.

Helps prepare Serbian military cooperation with Bulgaria.

Answers parliamentary questions concerning HMS Chatham.

Addresses parliamentary questions about the possibility of forming a coalition government.

The conference chaired by Fisher concludes that developing the Forth as a primary fleet base is urgent.

Chauvel lands with the 1st Light Horse Brigade to reinforce the ANZAC infantry.

Renews the Government appeal for voluntary recruits as manpower demands increase.

Fisher chairs a conference considering redistribution of the Grand Fleet and the strategic development of Rosyth and the Forth.

Fisher's conference agrees that Scapa Flow should remain an alternative and supporting Grand Fleet base.

Overthrows the Wojciechowski Government. Between November 1918 & Pilsudskis coup there had been 14 different regimes

Between November 1918 & Pilsudskis coup there had been 14 different regimes

The TUC unconditionally call off the general strike. The last day of the General Strike, the miners stay out

Dr Luther leaves office over flag dispute

The TUC unconditionally call off the general strike. The last day of the General Strike, the miners stay out

The sympathy strike is called off but the miners continue their industrial action

The electorate is reduced from 10 to 3 million

The Provisional Constitution for the Period of Political Tutelage is drafted and prepared as the legal framework of Nationalist rule.

The Second Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Government ends in Oslo, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Norway.

A rival Nationalist faction in Guangzhou challenges Chiang’s Nanjing government.

Begins the Peder Kolstad Government in Oslo and serves as Prime Minister of Norway.

Takes part in scrutiny of the Children and Young Persons Bill.

The Act seeks higher farm prices through production controls and benefit payments.

Appointed Prime Minister of Poland

Appointed Prime Minister of Spain

Japanese forces capture Xiamen, tightening their control over important coastal positions.

Recognizes the Japanese puppet state in Manchuria, Manzhouguo

Fleischer's forces continue pressure on Dietl's mountain troops as Allied units prepare the final Narvik assault.

Appointed President of the Board of Trade, 1st term

Appointed to co-ordinate the operations of the BEF & Belgian Army

Attends an inter-allied conference in the Chateau at Casteau near Mons

Attends an inter-allied conference in the Chateau at Casteau near Mons

Agrees to let Billote take command of the Allied Armies in Belgium

Attends an inter-allied conference in the Chateau at Casteau near Mons

Appointed Lord Chancellor

Appointed to co-ordinate the operations of the BEF & Belgian Army

Appointed President of the Board of Trade, 1st term

Timoshenko breaks through Heitzs VIII Corps to within 12 miles of Kharkov

Timoshenko breaks through Heitzs VIII Corps to within 12 miles of Kharkov

Timoshenko breaks through Heitzs VIII Corps to within 12 miles of Kharkov. Launches an attack to cut off Kharkov with 640,000 men, 1,200 tanks & 1,000 planes

Surrenders the Army Group Africa after the fall of Tunis

Alan Brooke represents British military planning interests during the Trident Conference

Churchill attends the Third Washington Conference, code named Trident, to discuss Allied strategy with Roosevelt

Roosevelt opens strategic discussions with Churchill at the Trident Conference in Washington

Appointed President of Italy

The lifting of restrictions ends the prolonged confrontation while Western air supply has kept the city functioning.

The end of the blockade restores surface access to Berlin after both sides claim political success.

Soviet authorities end the blockade after the Western powers maintain access through the airlift.

The Berlin blockade ends after 327 days

The Berlin blockade is lifted after 327 days, both sides claim victory. Calls off the Berlin Blockade after more than a year

The Berlin blockade is lifted, both sides claim victory

Communist forces begin the final campaign for Shanghai, one of the last major Nationalist strongholds on the mainland coast.

Ordered to suppress the communist POW rebellion

Orders the 7th Fleet to Indochina after Pathet Lao overuns most of Northern Laos

Orders the 7th Fleet to Indochina after Pathet Lao overuns most of Northern Laos

West Germany and Israel exchange letters establishing diplomatic relations

1st wiretap is placed in the White House following leaks about the bombing of Kampuchea

Mick Jagger marries Bianca Perez Morena de Macias, cannot remember her whole name so she becomes known as Bianca Jagger

Bombing of a police station in Augsburg and the Bavarian State Criminal Investigations Agency in Munich, claimed by Tommy Weissbecker

Bombing of the car of the Federal Judge Buddenberg

Bombing of a police station in Augsburg and the Bavarian State Criminal Investigations Agency in Munich, claimed by Tommy Weissbecker

The Rolling Stones release Exile on Main Street.

The committee took Bringuier's deposition and compared his account of Oswald's 1963 New Orleans contacts with Warren Commission evidence.

Bringuier gave a deposition to the House Select Committee on Assassinations concerning Oswald's New Orleans contacts and anti-Castro Cuban activity.

Scores Arsenal's opening goal in the 3-2 FA Cup final victory over Manchester United.

Heads Arsenal's second goal in the dramatic 3-2 FA Cup final victory over Manchester United.

Deploys south with 5 Infantry Brigade.

QE2 leaves Southampton with 5 Infantry Brigade comprising Scots Guards, Welsh Guards and Gurkhas

Scores the opening goal for Standard Liege in the European Cup Winners' Cup final against Barcelona.

Scores Barcelona's winning goal against Standard Liege in the European Cup Winners' Cup final.

Argentine junta concedes that sovereignty of the Islands isnt a precondition to the United Nations peace plan

The Junta concedes that "sovereignty not a precondition". Argentine junta concedes that sovereignty of the Islands isn't a precondition to the United Nations peace plan

Argentine junta concedes that sovereignty of the Islands is not a precondition to the United Nations peace plan

QE2 sails with 5 Infantry Brigade troops.

Lionel Richie receives an honorary Doctor of Music degree from Tuskegee Institute in Alabama

Provides political leadership as the Bosnian Serb army is established.

Takes command of the newly established Army of Republika Srpska.

Commands Bosnian Serb forces during the siege.

Mladic is appointed Commander of the Main Staff of the VRS, a position he holds until December 1996

Appointed the rank of Colonel General over the approximately 80,000 troops stationed in Sarajevo

Hubble spectroscopy maps rapidly moving gas in galaxy M84 and records a clear dynamical signature of a supermassive black hole.

Signs a peace treaty with Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov pledging to reject force in future relations.

Yeltsin fires Primakov, ostensibly because of the need for more energetic leadership

Dismisses Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov and nominates Sergei Stepashin.

The nomination of Interior Minister Sergei Stepashin, a Yeltsin loyalist, as Primakovs replacement suggests to many that Primakov had become too powerful for the Presidents comfort. Stepashin is easily confirmed by the Duma

Appointed President of Armenia

The Supreme Court orders Musharraf to hold national elections by October 2002.

Scores Arsenal's goal in the FA Cup final before Liverpool recover to win 2-1.

Wins his first FA Cup as Liverpool defeat Arsenal 2-1 at the Millennium Stadium.

Toure wins the presidential runoff and prepares to return as an elected civilian leader.

The earthquake that strikes Sichuan Province has a strength of 7.9 on the Richter scale, causing landslides and destroying thousands of buildings

The earthquake that strikes Sichuan Province has a strength of 7.9 on the Richter scale, causing landslides and destroying thousands of buildings

Forms a coalition government promising no transfer of powers without referendum.

Appears with Nick Clegg to present the new Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government.

Just after midnight on 12 May 2010, the Liberal Democrats emerged from a meeting of their Parliamentary party and Federal Executive to announce that the coalition deal had been "approved overwhelmingly"

Just after midnight on 12 May 2010, the Liberal Democrats emerged from a meeting of their Parliamentary party and Federal Executive to announce that the coalition deal had been "approved overwhelmingly"

Burnham becomes Shadow Health Secretary after Labour leaves government.

New Horizons photographs Kerberos and Styx for the first time, bringing all five known Pluto moons into spacecraft view.

Hosts an international summit aimed at exposing corruption, improving transparency and strengthening enforcement.

As EHT project scientist, helps present the first direct image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way.

As EHT project director, helps lead the collaboration releasing the first image of the Milky Way's central black hole Sagittarius A*.

Contributes to Event Horizon Telescope imaging and interpretation of Sagittarius A* at event-horizon scales.

Contributes to EHT analysis of rapid variability in Sagittarius A* while reconstructing its horizon-scale ring structure.

Is moved from defense minister to Security Council secretary.

Starmer presents reforms intended to reduce migration and strengthen domestic skills requirements.

Says the war is almost over, a view Ukraine disputes

Birth of Jean-Jacob Fazy

Birth of Florence Nightingale

Birth of John Russell Hind

Birth of Burt Bacharach

Birth of Ian Dury

Birth of David Walker

Birth of Alan James Ball Jr

Birth of Ian McLagan

Birth of Steve Winwood.

Thomas Wentworth dies by beheading following his conviction through attainder.

Death of William Huggins

John Smith's death triggers a Labour leadership contest and discussions between Brown and Tony Blair.

Death of John Smith

Soult is driven out of Portugal by Wellington

Defeated by the Duke of Wellington

Makes a surprise attack across the River Douro & drives the French from Oporto

From Dinant to Sedan the Germans are within reach of the River Meuse

Reaches Sedan

Crowned Queen of England

Crowned King of Great Britain. Crowned George raher than Albert, too German & indicates link with George V