May 9

May 9 is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 236 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

  • 1092 – Lincoln Cathedral is consecrated.
  • 1386 – England and Portugal formally ratify their alliance with the signing of the Treaty of Windsor, making it the oldest diplomatic alliance in the world which is still in force.
  • 1450 – 'Abd al-Latif (Timurid monarch) is assassinated.
  • 1662 – The figure who later became Mr. Punch made his first recorded appearance in England.
  • 1671 – Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
  • 1726 – Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn.
  • 1763 – The Siege of Fort Detroit begins during Pontiac's War against British forces.
  • 1864 – Second Schleswig War: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.
  • 1865 – American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest surrenders his forces at Gainesville, Alabama.
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