Day of Event: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Month of Event: January February March April May June July August September October November December Year of Event: AD (Anno Domini) BC (Before Christ)
Battle of Tewkesbury 4th May 1471 On 4 May 1471 the forces of Lancaster under the Duke of Somerset and those of York under Edward IV clashed at Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire in one of the decisive battles of the Wars of… Read more...
Battle of Issus 1st May 0333 BC The Battle of Issus occurred in southern Anatolia, in November 333 BC. The invading troops, led by the young Alexander of Macedonia, defeated the army personally led by Darius III of Achaemenid Persia in the… Read more...
Battle of Albuera 16th May 1811 On 16 May 1811, the small town of Albuera was the setting for one of the Peninsular War's most bloody and desperate battles. A combined Spanish, British and Portuguese force of more than 30,000 men,… Read more...
Maiden voyage of RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 2nd May 1967 RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, often referred to simply as the 'QE2', is a former Cunard ocean liner. She was named after the earlier Cunard liner RMS Queen Elizabeth and served as the flagship of the… Read more...
Battle of Dunkirk 25th May 1940 A part of the Battle of France on the Western Front, the Battle of Dunkirk was the defence and evacuation of British and allied forces in Europe. Lord Gort made the decision to evacuate on… Read more...
HMS Hood is sunk 24th May 1941 German battleship Bismarck sinks the feared HMS Hood off Greenland with the loss of more than 1,400 lives. The ship explodes when a German shell hits the Hood's ammunition store. Read more...
