May 20 in History

The council is formally in the central structure of the imperial palace at Nicaea, with preliminary discussions of the Arian question

Wins independence for Scotland

Succeeds as King of Northumbria

Louis forces are defeated at Lincoln & Louis is bribed to go back to France

Louis forces are defeated at Lincoln & Louis is bribed to go back to France

Geoffroy de Rancon, the Comte de Taillebourg, sides with Louis IX

The English king is joined by a host of French nobles including Hugh de Lusignan. Henry III disembarks at Royen with "a small number of men" and 30 tons of gold

The English king is joined by a host of French nobles including Hugh de Lusignan

England & France sign a peace Treaty

Edward holds a banquet and vows by the God of Heaven and these swans to avenge the death of John Comyn and the treachery of the Scots

Edward I gives his son a knighthood prior to the invasion of Scotland

Edward I gives his son a knighthood prior to the invasion of Scotland

Arrives at Calicut, India

Arrives at Calicut, India

Led by an Imperial army under the command of Fernando de Avalos & Prosper Colonna against the French defending Genoa, 1st day

Led by an Imperial army under the command of Fernando de Avalos & Prosper Colonna against the French defending Genoa, 1st day. Genoa falls to the Imperial forces led by Fernando de Avalos & Prosper Colonna

Henry VIII is betrothed to Jane Seymour

Henry VIII is betrothed to Jane Seymour

Refuses to allow Elizabeth to make an appeal to the Council. Given custody of Princess Elizabeth at Woodstock in Oxfordshire

Mary's government sends Elizabeth to house arrest at Woodstock

Elizabeth is placed under guard at Woodstock after leaving the Tower

Secures Bruges for Spanish authority

Farnese restores Bruges to Spanish authority.

The first meeting between the five conspirators took place on 20 May 1604, probably at the Duck and Drake Inn, just off the Strand, Thomas Wintours usual residence when staying in London. Fawkes became involved with a small group of English Catholics, led by Robert Catesby, who planned to assassinate the Protestant King James and replace him with his daughter, third in the line of succession, Princess Elizabeth

The first meeting of the five central conspirators took place on Sunday 20 May 1604, at an inn called the Duck and Drake, in the fashionable Strand district of London

The first meeting between the five conspirators took place on 20 May 1604, probably at the Duck and Drake Inn, just off the Strand, Thomas Wintours usual residence when staying in London

The first meeting between the five conspirators took place on 20 May 1604, probably at the Duck and Drake Inn, just off the Strand, Thomas Wintours usual residence when staying in London

The plotters take a secret oath at the Duck and Drake inn near the Strand in London, they include Thomas Percy, Robert Catesby and his cousin Thomas Wintour, John Wright and Guy Fawkes. The first meeting between the five conspirators took place on 20 May 1604, probably at the Duck and Drake Inn, just off the Strand, Thomas Wintours usual residence when staying in London

Strangled during a palace uprising led by Mustafa Is mother

Strangled during a palace uprising led by Mustafa Is mother

Magdeburg is sacked with only the cathedral left standing. Captures Magdeburg from the Swedish forces

Appointed Commander of the Swedish army in Germany

Charles II does not defend him because he tries to win the support of the Covenanters

Charles II does not defend him because he tries to win the support of the Covenanters

Sentenced to death, refuses to repent

Charles II does not defend him because he tries to win the support of the Covenanters

Sentenced to death, refuses to repent

Charles II first sees Catherine of Braganza at Portsmouth before their marriage.

Charles II first sees Catherine of Braganza at Portsmouth before their marriage.

Returned by Aldborough

The Government wins a landslide election victory

Closes the port of Boston & reduces the power of the Massachusetts legislature

Parliament punishes the American colonists for the anti-British behaviour

Chartres electors chose Petion for the Third Estate, beginning his prominent role in the revolutionary assemblies.

The Jacobin leader in Hungary is executed

The Prairial uprising is suppressed and the remaining power of the Paris sans culottes is broken

Napoleon crosses the Danube, 6 miles south of Vienna

The Gagernsche Program is accepted but endless constitutional debate leads to Gagerns resignation

The Gagernsche Program is accepted but endless constitutional debate leads to Gagerns resignation

Resigns after the King of Prussia refuses his offer to be an elected German Emperor frustrating Gagerns plan for non-revolutionary German unification

Publishes an article examining British press reaction to the Union capture of New Orleans.

The Homestead Act offers public land to settlers who improve and occupy it.

Bismarck expands Germany's network of defensive alliances.

Umberto's kingdom joins the defensive alliance formed in 1882.

Germany concludes the Triple Alliance with Austria-Hungary and Italy.

Italy enters the Triple Alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary.

Cuba gains independence from Spain, the US withdraws its troops

Cuba gains independence from Spain, the US withdraws its troops

Under the new Cuban constitution the US retains the right to intervene in Cuban affairs and to supervise its finances and foreign relations. Under the new Cuban constitution, however, the U.S. retained the right to intervene in Cuban affairs and to supervise its finances and foreign relations

Cuba gains independence from Spain

Under the Platt Amendment, Cuba agrees to lease to the U.S. the naval base at Guantanamo Bay. Under the new Cuban constitution, however, the U.S. retained the right to intervene in Cuban affairs and to supervise its finances and foreign relations. The Republic of Cuba gains formal independence, with the independence leader Tomas Estrada Palma becoming the countrys first President

Cuba gains independence from Spain

Under the Platt Amendment, Cuba agrees to lease to the U.S. the naval base at Guantanamo Bay

The Republic of Cuba gains formal independence, with the independence leader Tomas Estrada Palma becoming the countrys first President

Edward VII receives a state funeral at Windsor.

European monarchs and dignitaries attend the royal funeral.

Gives evidence about the evacuation and his escape in emergency lifeboat 1.

Gives evidence to the British inquiry about her experience aboard emergency lifeboat 1.

Begins evidence to the British inquiry about navigation, ice warnings, the collision and lifeboat loading.

The Balkan States finally agree to accept the mediation of the powers, when the Balkan delegates and the representatives of the great powers meet for the 2nd time they find a Treaty embodying the original terms ready for.

A plan to mobilize 3 million troops against Germany, assumes Belgiums neutrality

Hosts renewed peace negotiations between the Balkan allies and the Ottoman Empire.

Operation XVII is approved by the War Minister. A plan to mobilize 3 million troops against Germany, assumes Belgiums neutrality

Answers a parliamentary question concerning the application of King's Regulations in the naval service.

Dismissed by Asquith, Bonar Law wishes to form a coalition without Churchill

Receives a gram of radium from American supporters.

Presents Marie Curie with radium bought by American donors.

Presides over the era in which Barcelona opens the Les Corts ground to accommodate its growing support.

Law resigns because he is dying from throat cancer

Begins presidency before his rule hardens into dictatorship.

The Prosper Poullet Government ends in Brussels, concluding this period as Prime Minister of Belgium.

Begins the Henri Jaspar Government in Brussels and serves as Prime Minister of Belgium.

The Miners Conference decides to continue with the strike

Secures British recognition of the independence of his territories.

Supports Saudi diplomacy surrounding international recognition of the state.

The Nazi party wins 12 of the 491 Reichstag seats. The Nazi Party polls 810,000 votes out of 31 million cast, 2.5%

The SDP win 153 seats, short of a majority

Dismissed from the Labour Government

Federal loans support cooperatives extending electricity to underserved rural communities.

Is shot through the throat near Huesca.

Recalls the Czech reservists and mans the border with Germany

Chinese aircraft fly over Japan and drop propaganda leaflets rather than bombs, demonstrating long-range capability.

Orders partial mobilization during the Sudeten crisis.

The Czech Government calls up reservists

Appointedmand the evacuation from Dunkirk, operates from Dover

Guderains tanks break through to Abbeville

Rommel captures Cambrai, 12,000 enemy troops are taken

Appointed Chief of Staff of the Panzer Group comprising XIX, XXXIX & XLI Corps

Appointed Chief of Staff of the Panzer Group comprising XIX, XXXIX & XLI Corps

Appointed Commander of the French forces during the retreat

Appointed Commander of France

Appointed Commander of the Allied Armies in France

Appointed Commander of the Allied Armies in France

It is planned to evacuate 10,000 from Calais, Boulogne-sur-Mer & Dunkirk every 24 hrs

Leading panzer divisions reach the Channel near Abbeville

Plans the final Allied attack while evacuation orders are kept secret.

Orders the Admiralty to round up shipping in order to evacuate the BEF

It is planned to evacuate 10,000 from Calais, Boulogne-sur-Mer & Dunkirk every 24 hrs

Commands the evacuation from Dunkirk, operates from Dover. A conference considers "emergency evacuation across the Channel of very large forces"

Jodl's staff participates in OKW coordination as German airborne forces attack Crete.

This record states: An order is issued by the RSHA to block emigration of Jews attempting to leave Belgium or France as part of the "imminent Final Solution of the Jewish question." The RSHA.

This record states: And food in Theresienstadt (a concentration camp to extermination facilities like Auschwitz).

This record states: If they turned over their assets to the RSHA through a 'phony' home-purchase plan.

This record states: Working with Adolf Eichmann's Reich Association of Jews in Germany, deliberately deceived Jews living in Germany and those of other countries by promising them good living quarters, medical care.

This record states: An order is issued by the RSHA to block emigration of Jews attempting to leave Belgium or France as part of the "imminent Final Solution of the Jewish question." The RSHA.

This record states: And food in Theresienstadt (a concentration camp to extermination facilities like Auschwitz).

This record states: If they turned over their assets to the RSHA through a 'phony' home-purchase plan.

This record states: Working with Adolf Eichmann's Reich Association of Jews in Germany, deliberately deceived Jews living in Germany and those of other countries by promising them good living quarters, medical care.

A German air landing manages to capture Crete after twelve days of severe fighting

Germany launches an invasion of Crete, 23,000 men & 600 aircraft attack Crete

The German attack on Crete begins

This record states: An order is issued by the RSHA to block emigration of Jews attempting to leave Belgium or France as part of the "imminent Final Solution of the Jewish question." The RSHA.

This record states: And food in Theresienstadt (a concentration camp to extermination facilities like Auschwitz).

This record states: If they turned over their assets to the RSHA through a 'phony' home-purchase plan.

This record states: Working with Adolf Eichmann's Reich Association of Jews in Germany, deliberately deceived Jews living in Germany and those of other countries by promising them good living quarters, medical care.

This record states: An order is issued by the RSHA to block emigration of Jews attempting to leave Belgium or France as part of the "imminent Final Solution of the Jewish question." The RSHA.

This record states: And food in Theresienstadt (a concentration camp to extermination facilities like Auschwitz).

This record states: If they turned over their assets to the RSHA through a 'phony' home-purchase plan.

This record states: Working with Adolf Eichmann's Reich Association of Jews in Germany, deliberately deceived Jews living in Germany and those of other countries by promising them good living quarters, medical care.

A German air landing manages to capture Crete after twelve days of severe fighting

Greek political and resistance representatives agree to participate in a national government.

Found guilty by a Greek Court of war crimes & executed

Found guilty by a Greek Court of war crimes & executed

Takes office as the first constitutional President of the Republic of China.

The Communists capture Changshah

The Communists capture Changteh

The Communists capture Fuchow

The Communists capture Sian, this enables the PLA to turn westward

France agrees to deploy troops against the Vietminh

Israeli authorities prepare to prosecute him in Jerusalem.

Is secretly flown from Argentina to Israel.

Moore was uncapped as he flew to South America with the rest of the squad, but made his debut on 20 May 1962 in Englands final pre-tournament friendly - a 4-0 win over Peru in Lima

was uncapped as he flew to South America with the rest of the squad, but made his debut on 20 May 1962 in Englands final pre-tournament friendly - a 4-0 win over Peru in Lima.

Proved so impressive that Moore stays in the team for the whole of Englands participation in the World Cup, which ended in defeat by eventual winners Brazil in the quarter finals at Vica del Mar. Moore.

Yutar sums up the prosections case against Mandela in the Rivonia trial

Yutar sums up the prosections case against Mandela in the Rivonia trial

Hendrixs first single is a cover of "Hey Joe", crafted after folk-singer Tim Roses slower revision of the song and adapted to Hendrixs style

Releases Album, "Axis, Bold as Love". Releases Album, "Are You Experienced"

Releases Album, "Axis, Bold as Love". Releases Album, "Are You Experienced"

The new ruling movement adopts a nationalist programme centred on unity and presidential authority.

Mobutu establishes the Popular Movement of the Revolution as the regime's political organisation.

Releases Album, "Electric Ladyland"

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

Orders Nixon to comply with Jaworski's subpoena for sixty-four White House recordings and allows the president time to appeal.

Mass purge of Eastern Zone cadres

Pioneer Venus Orbiter launches to study Venus's atmosphere, ionosphere, gravity field and cloud-hidden surface.

Campaigns for the No side in Quebec first sovereignty referendum.

Deputy leader Illtyd Harrington said the administration was challenging the absurd cosmetic approach to Armageddon.

The GLC published the names of 3,000 politicians and administrators designated to survive a nuclear attack on London in underground bunkers.

The Livingstone administration declared London a nuclear-free zone and stopped the GLC's annual £1 million spending on nuclear-war defence plans.

Deputy leader Illtyd Harrington said the administration was challenging the absurd cosmetic approach to Armageddon.

The GLC published the names of 3,000 politicians and administrators designated to survive a nuclear attack on London in underground bunkers.

The Livingstone administration declared London a nuclear-free zone and stopped the GLC's annual £1 million spending on nuclear-war defence plans.

Thatcher accuses Argentina of obduracy and delay, deception and bad faith, tells Commons of collapse of peace process, and orders task force into battle

Offers to place the Falklands under jurisdiction of the UN, Argentina refuses

Tells Parliament of the collapse of the peace process

Thatcher accuses Argentina of obduracy and delay, deception and bad faith, tells Commons of collapse of peace process, and orders task force into battle

Offers to place the Falklands under jurisdiction of the UN, Argentina refuses

1st day of the election campaign, the first press conference takes place

Selected as candidate for Sedgfield

Passes papers to US diplomats which request his wife be given asylum in the US embassy

Israel frees 1,500 Palestinians for 3 Israeli soldiers

The Government declares martial law

Students begin a hunger strike

Calls on the army to defend the revolution

Westphal's Wide Field and Planetary Camera team obtains Hubble's first image, demonstrating sharper resolution than typical ground-based observations.

Wins Romania's first post-communist presidential election.

Iliescu wins Romania's first post-communist presidential election.

Claims arising from Iraq's invasion and occupation can be processed.

Security Council establishes the United Nations Compensation Commission.

Scores the extra-time free-kick that gives Barcelona a 1-0 European Cup final victory over Sampdoria.

Coaches Barcelona to the club's first European Cup after extra time against Sampdoria.

Joins Conservative Eurosceptics resisting the treaty's transfer of authority.

Challenges the government over parliamentary sovereignty and European integration.

Votes against the government during the Maastricht ratification struggle.

Rebels against the government during Maastricht legislation votes.

Opposes the legislation required to ratify the Maastricht Treaty.

Votes against elements of the government's Maastricht legislation.

The Supreme Court authorized proceedings against Carlos Andres Perez, and Congress suspended him from the presidency.

Sees the European Communities Amendment Bill pass its Commons Third Reading with a majority of 180.

Campaigns against transferring additional powers to European institutions.

Becomes associated with the Conservative parliamentary rebellion over Europe.

Sworn in as President of the Republic of China

Starts at left-back as Real Madrid defeat Juventus to reclaim Europe's leading club trophy.

Captains Real Madrid during the 1-0 final victory over Juventus.

Helps Real Madrid defeat Juventus in the UEFA Champions League final at the Amsterdam Arena.

Guides Real Madrid to their first European Cup triumph in thirty-two years.

Scores the only goal against Juventus as Real Madrid win their seventh European Cup.

Chevenement supports the post-Amsterdam legal settlement assigning treaty bases to individual Schengen measures. The French approach stresses both free movement and compensating security measures.

Korthals backs the Council's assignment of EU legal bases to the inherited Schengen rules. The Dutch approach combines mobility with common security safeguards.

Schily supports the Council's legal mapping of Schengen measures onto the EU treaties. The German approach combines mobility with coordinated frontier safeguards.

Van Parys backs the Council's allocation of EU treaty bases to the inherited Schengen measures. Belgian officials favour gradual implementation backed by shared security measures.

Manages Aston Villa in the last FA Cup final staged at the original Wembley Stadium.

Galileo makes another close Ganymede pass, extending measurements of its surface and magnetic environment.

Chad holds elections, Doby is later declared the winner

UN transitional administration ends as East Timor becomes independent

The 37-member Cabinet is approved by the National Assembly and sworn in on May 20, 2006

The 37-member Cabinet is approved by the National Assembly and sworn in on May 20, 2006

The 37-member Cabinet is approved by the National Assembly and sworn in on May 20, 2006

Real Madrid announce that Mourinho will leave the club at the end of the season.

Delivers speech to leaders of Muslim-majority countries.

Makes his final Barcelona appearance after sixteen seasons with the first team.

Is inaugurated as President of Ukraine.

Announces the dissolution of the eighth Verkhovna Rada during his inaugural address.

Leaves Azovstal after orders to preserve defenders' lives.

Orders defenders at Azovstal to preserve lives as the Mariupol siege ends

Claims Wagner captures Bakhmut after heavy losses.

Bakhmut falls after months of intense urban fighting.

Claims Wagner forces have captured Bakhmut after months of fighting

Pakistan's cabinet approves Asim Munir's promotion to field marshal following the May 2025 military confrontation with India.

Birth of Henry "Hotspur" Percy, eldest son of the 1st Earl of Northumberland

Birth of John Pym, later a leading parliamentary opponent of Charles I

Birth of Henry Bathurst

Birth of Vinzenz Rittimann

Hector Malot is born in Normandy and later becomes a French novelist.

Norwegian writer Sigrid Undset is born in Kalundborg, Denmark.

The future Nobel literature laureate is born while her parents are in Denmark.

Birth of Reginal Joseph Mitchell

Birth of James Maitland Stewart

Birth of Peter Shore

Joe Cocker is born in Sheffield, Yorkshire.

Death of Ecgfrith, killed at the Battle of Nechtansmere

Death of Maud Green Parr, mother of Catherine Parr

Death of Osman II, assassinated

Death of Ignav Martinovics, executed

Death of Bruno Brauner, found guilty by a Greek Court of war crimes & executed

Found guilty by a Greek Court of war crimes & executed

Dies in Germany from bile duct cancer complications.

The Angles are forced to withdraw to the Lotian & Tweed Valley. Ensures the independence of Scotland from Anglo-Saxon England. Defeats & kills King Egfrith of Northumbria

Defeat leads to the creation of a Kingdom of the Picts in northern Britain.

Defeated by the Picts under Brude mac Bili south east of Forfar.

Drawn by the Picts into unfavourable country & defeated south east of Forfar.

Egfrith & most of his army are slain.

Egfriths army is trapped between the shore of the loch between Dunnichen & Letham.

The Northumbrians are forced to retreat to Lothian & the Tweed Valley.

Defeat leads to the creation of a Kingdom of the Picts in northern Britain

Louis forces are defeated at Lincoln & Louis is bribed to go back to France

Charles II does not defend him because he tries to win the support of the Covenanters

Russian and Prussian armies fight Napoleon at Bautzen before withdrawing in good order.

Leads the Prussian troops under Russian command during the War of Liberation

Wishes to inflict a defeat on Prussia for deserting his cause. Follows Napoleon's capture of Dresden

Helps Napoleon defeat a combinec force of Prussians & Russians

Helps Napoleon defeat a combinec force of Prussians & Russians

Wittgenstein is allowed to retreat because of Neys late attack. The Russians & Prussians are driven from the east bank of the Spree

Leads the Prussian troops under Russian command during the War of Liberation

Wittgenstein is allowed to retreat because of Neys late attack. The Russians & Prussians are driven from the east bank of the Spree. The French lose 25,000 to the Allies 11,000. Napoleon's Army of 110,000 defeat the Allied Army of 73,000. Napoleon breaks through Wittgensteins centre. A technical victory because Wittgenstein retreats into Silesia

Papaflessas dies fighting Ibrahim Pasha's Egyptian forces at Maniaki

Ibrahim defeats Greek forces at Maniaki during his Peloponnesian campaign

Defeats an Ottoman force at Nigoiti, opening the way for a Russian advance toward Ozurgeti.

Commands Ottoman troops defeated at Nigoiti during the Caucasus campaign.

Reaches the Channel Coast

Plans the final Allied attack while evacuation planning begins.

Maintains Norwegian pressure on isolated German mountain troops.