May 17 in History

The barons take London before the arrival of Johns mercenaries

The Tower of London is held by the royalists

Henrys regents immediately declared their intention to rule by Magna Carta, which they proceeded to do during Henrys minority

Henrys regents immediately declared their intention to rule by Magna Carta, which they proceeded to do during Henrys minority

Richard of Cornwall was crowned at Aachen but never established durable authority throughout the Empire.

Appointed Papal Legate in England, a post renewed annually & made permanent in 1524

The title of Buckingham is made forfeit. Execution of Edward Stafford the Duke of Buckingham for high treason

Executed under a trumped up charge of disloyalty to Henry VIII

Execution of Edward Stafford the Duke of Buckingham for high treason

An ecclesiastical court hears Henrys requests for an annulment

Wolsey & Warham convene an ecclesiastical court to examine the King's marriage. An ecclesiastical court hears Henry's requests for an annulment

Parliament passes an act of attainder against Anne Boleyn and those accused with her before her execution.

George Boleyn is executed

William Brereton os executed

William Brereton is executed. Mark Smeaton is executed. Henry Norriss is executed. George Boleyn is executed. Francis Weston is executed

George Boleyn, Henry Norris, Francis Weston, William Brereton and Mark Smeaton are executed.

Henry Norriss is executed

Mark Smeaton is executed

Francis Weston is executed

Divorced from Henry VIII

Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn is declared invalid before her execution.

Cranmer annuls Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn before her execution.

Created Duque de Lerma

Parliament declares the proposed transfer of the law courts unlawful.

Parliament declares the proposed transfer of the law courts unlawful.

Church is shot with other Leveller mutineers after the Burford rising, marking the destruction of the Levellers' organised support base within the New Model Army

A Parliamentary force under Colonel Reynolds defeats the Levellers

Cromwell helps suppress the Leveller-linked mutiny at Burford after army units resist orders and challenge the authority of their commanders.

Cromwell's troops suffer heavy losses when Hugh Dubh O'Neill's defence traps the attackers at Clonmel.

ONeill's defence inflicts heavy losses on Cromwell's troops before withdrawing from Clonmel.

Baxter's nonconformist circle is threatened by the new law against conventicles.

Calamy's Presbyterian ministry is constrained by the Restoration legislation against conventicles.

Gives assent to the Conventicle Act forbidding unauthorised religious meetings of more than five people.

Cosin backs the Anglican settlement that restricts dissenting religious meetings.

Quakers face harsher pressure after Parliament restricts unauthorised religious meetings.

The Conventicle Act restricts unauthorised religious meetings outside the Church of England.

Sheldon supports stronger enforcement of Anglican uniformity through the Conventicle Act.

Clarendon's ministry supports legislation against nonconformist religious assemblies.

Bac de Roda signs the Pact of the Vigatans and supports the uprising for Charles of Austria.

Is recognized as Wali after Cairo's political leaders demand his appointment.

Forces Napoleon's forces to the Ebro River where they are defeated at Vittorio. Captures Madrid

Agrees to Leopolds demands that Luxemburg should become part of Belgium

Agrees to Leopolds demands that Luxemburg should become part of Belgium

Publishes an article examining political centralisation and local autonomy in the Rheinische Zeitung.

Appointed Home Secretary

Baden-Powell's garrison is relieved after holding Mafeking throughout the longest siege of the war.

Leads the column relieving Mafeking.

Helps raise the siege of Mafeking.

Mafeking is besieged until British relief arrives in May 1900.

Gives evidence about emergency lifeboat 1 and events seen from the boat after Titanic sank.

Serves as brigade major of 91st Infantry Brigade while training New Army formations.

Asquith & Bonar Law agree a Coaltion

Sends a letter to ministers requesting their resignation for a new wartime coalition

Asks ministers to resign so a new wartime coalition can be created.

First Sea Lord Fisher resigns & leaves operational contol of the Admiralty to Hamilton

First Sea Lord Fisher resigns & leaves operational contol of the Admiralty to Hamilton

Asquith and Bonar Law agree to form a wartime coalition.

Writes a 2nd letter of peace

Declares Russia that it will not agree a separate peace with the Central Powers

Kerensky records his position on democratic programme in exile.

Appointed Prime Minister of Poland, 1st term

Gives a Reichstag speech claiming Germany seeks peace while demanding equality of rights in armaments.

Supports League of Nations efforts to restrict arms shipments to Bolivia and Paraguay during the Chaco War.

Toro takes power and introduces a reformist military government after defeat in the Chaco War.

Appointed Prime Minister of Spain

Refuses demands by the communists to break up the marxist POUM & the Government falls

Refuses demands by the communists to break up the marxist POUM & the Government falls

Berths at Wolfes Cove 1 mile from Quebec

Captures the Landrecies bridge, a crossing point acros the River Sambre into France

Orders urgent preparations against possible invasion of Britain.

Launches an attack on the "Bulge" from the north & sth

Prepares to sever Guderians supply lines at Montcornet but is beaten back

Wishes to reduce the 2 operational phases to 1. Claims there is little danger of an Allied attack on the northern flank of the "Bulge". Believes France can be broken in a single sweep to the south west

Moves westward in the direction of the River Sambre

Prepares to sever Guderians supply lines at Montcornet but is beaten back

Vannevar Bush creates the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD)

A report by Arthur Compton and the National Academy of Sciences is issued which finds favorable the prospects of developing nuclear power production for military use

A report by Arthur Compton and the National Academy of Sciences is issued which finds favorable the prospects of developing nuclear power production for military use

Vannevar Bush creates the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD)

Strikes at the Barvenkovo salient, as ordered by Hitler

Timoshenko requests further support from Stalin who just refuses a withdrawal. Kleist counter-attacks & forces Timoshenko back

Timoshenko requests further support from Stalin who just refuses withdrawal. Kleist counter-attacks & forces Timoshenko back

The Germans begin their withdrawal from the Gustav Line. The French achieve a breakthrough in the Aurunci Mountains

An offensive is launched against the United Nations forces in central Korea

The Supreme Court rules segregated public schools unconstitutional, creating a major civil-rights challenge for the administration.

Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey, 3rd term

Castro signs the First Agrarian Reform Law, which expropriates over 1,000 acres of farmlands & forbids foreign land ownership

Greaves wins his first England cap against Peru, scoring Englands only goal in a 4-1 defeat. Goes on to play 57 times and score 44 goals for England, five fewer than Bobby Charlton but at a much higher rate, remains third in the all-time list of England goalscorers, behind Charlton and Gary Lineker

Castro signs the First Agrarian Reform Law, which expropriates over 1,000 acres of farmlands & forbids foreign land ownership

Signs the First Agrarian Reform Law limiting large estates and expropriating land

Castro signs the First Agrarian Reform Law, which expropriates over 1,000 acres of farmlands & forbids foreign land ownership

Castro signs the First Agrarian Reform Law, which expropriates over 1,000 acres of farmlands & forbids foreign land ownership

Goes on to play 57 times and score 44 goals for England, five fewer than Bobby Charlton but at a much higher rate, remains third in the all-time list of England goalscorers, behind Charlton and Gary Lineker

The Paris Summit ends after Khruschev walks out, MacMillan spent 2 yrs organising it

Consecrates Guildford Cathedral

Consecrates Guildford Cathedral

The world premiere of Harrisons film, "Wonderwall"

Venera 6 transmits pressure, temperature and composition measurements during descent through the Venusian atmosphere.

Opens the Senate Watergate Committee's public hearings, beginning months of nationally televised testimony about the burglary, campaign abuses and cover-up.

Directs Alice in the Cities.

Protestant car bombs in Dublin kill 22

Performs during Led Zeppelin's major Earls Court concerts.

Begins Led Zeppelin's celebrated run of Earls Court concerts.

The Kinks release Misfits.

Speaks in the Commons on housing and local government shortly after taking office.

British peace proposals transmitted to Argentina

Israel & Lebanon sign an agreement for Israeli withdrawal within 3 months

Israel & Lebanon sign an agreement for Israeli withdrawal within 3 months

Directs Wings of Desire.

Wins his first Manchester United trophy as the club defeat Crystal Palace 1-0 in the final replay.

Hubble obtains its first detailed observations of Jupiter, including views of the Great Red Spot.

Kabila's alliance enters Kinshasa and ends Mobutu's rule.

Takes power after ADFL forces enter Kinshasa.

Rwandan and Ugandan support is crucial to his victory.

Appointed President of Zaire

Kabila restores the name Democratic Republic of the Congo after taking power.

Israel elects Labor party leader and Former General Ehud Barak as Prime Minister in a landslide, Barak promises rapid progress toward peace

Tauqir Zia briefs Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and senior commanders on the Kargil operation at Ojhri Camp.

Sankoh is captured and detained after the RUF hostage crisis

Foday Sankoh is arrested after violence near his Freetown residence

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

Scores the only goal as Arsenal defeat Southampton to retain the FA Cup.

Guides Barcelona to their second European Cup by defeating Arsenal.

Comes off the bench and scores the goal that gives Barcelona a 2-1 victory.

Heads Arsenal into the lead against Barcelona in the Champions League final.

Wins the Champions League with Barcelona against Arsenal.

Scores Barcelona's equaliser against ten-man Arsenal late in the second half.

Earns his first European Cup winners medal.

Brown becomes the only candidate with sufficient nominations for the Labour leadership.

Massimino helps replace an electronics card and restore Hubble's Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph to operation.

Scores the extra-time winner as Arsenal defeat Hull City 3-2 in the FA Cup final.

Scores Arsenal's equaliser against Hull City to take the FA Cup final into extra time.

Scores a long-range free kick to begin Arsenal's comeback from two goals down against Hull City.

Condemns Boris Johnson's comparison between European integration and Hitler's ambitions, calling the analogy irresponsible and damaging to serious referendum debate.

Emphasises that European cooperation transformed relations among democratic states after repeated continental wars and should not be compared with coercive empire.

Oversees Taiwan becoming the first Asian jurisdiction to legalise same-sex marriage.

Levi directs DESI as its five-year main survey begins mapping millions of galaxies and quasars to track the effect of dark energy across cosmic history.

Supports delivery of UK-funded shelter supplies through the temporary maritime pier serving Gaza.

Joins partners in sanctions targeting illicit arms-for-oil cooperation between Russia and North Korea.

Scores the only goal as Crystal Palace win the FA Cup for the first time.

Guides Crystal Palace to their first FA Cup with a 1-0 final victory over Manchester City.

Wins Eurovision for Austria as JJ.

Austria wins Eurovision with Wasted Love.

Birth of Ruhollah Khomeini

Birth of Dennis Lee Hopper

Birth of William Scott Bruford, later Yes drummer and progressive rock innovator.

Death of Edward Stafford, executed

Death of Francis Weston, executed

Death of George Boleyn, executed

Death of Henry Norris, executed

Death of Mark Smeaton, executed

Death of William Brereton, executed

Killed in the fighting at Nagakute

Killed fighting Tokugawa forces during the Battle of Nagakute

Death of Francisco Gomez de Sandoval y Rojas, duke de Lerma

Death of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord

Resists Ottoman forces under Bayezid I.

Serves as a leading Tokugawa commander during the campaign

Fights for Tokugawa Ieyasu during the Battle of Nagakute

Cromwells 8000 men eventually take the town from its 1000 Irish defenders, but not before they suffer heavy losses

Cromwells men are trapped by Hugh Dubh ONeill, 2,500 are killed. Cromwell's 8000 men eventually take the town from its 1000 Irish defenders, but not before they suffer heavy losses

Prussian victory over Austria, Charles of Lorraine is defeated by Frederick II

Prussian victory over Austria, Charles of Lorraine is defeated by Frederick II

Launches a counterattack in the region of Laon with 80 tanks to destroy the communication of the German armoured troops

Prepares to sever Guderians supply lines at Montcornet but is beaten back

Manages to fend off de Gaulles attempt to break off his supply lines

Ordered by Rundstedt to launch a "reconnaissance in force", undermines Hitler

Advances as far as Le Cateau

Crowned for a 2nd time, in Westminster Abbey. A second coronation is ordered by Pope Honorius III who did not consider that the first had been carried out in accordance with church rites

Carries out the 2nd coronation of Henry III