May 15 in history
Events on May 15
Notable events that happened on May 15 in past years.
- 2024
Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico is shot and critically injured while meeting with supporters at an event in Handlová.
Wikipedia article: Prime Minister of Slovakia - 2004
Arsenal F.C. go an entire league campaign unbeaten in the English Premier League, joining Preston North End F.C. with the right to claim the title "The Invincibles".
Wikipedia article: Arsenal F.C. - 1991
Édith Cresson becomes France's first female Prime Minister.
Wikipedia article: Édith Cresson - 1972
The Ryukyu Islands, under U.S. military governance since their conquest in 1945, revert to Japanese control.
Wikipedia article: Ryukyu Islands - 1948
Following the expiration of The British Mandate for Palestine, the Kingdom of Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia invade Israel, thus starting the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
Wikipedia article: Mandatory Palestine - 1941
First flight of the Gloster E.28/39, the first British and Allied jet aircraft.
Wikipedia article: Gloster E.28/39 - 1934
A self coup by prime minister Kārlis Ulmanis succeeds in Latvia, suspending its constitution and dissolving its Saeima.
Wikipedia article: 1934 Latvian coup d'état - 1919
The Winnipeg general strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of Winnipeg had walked off the job.
Wikipedia article: Winnipeg general strike - 1916
A seventeen-year-old farmworker, Jesse Washington, is lynched in Waco, Texas, USA, after being convicted of rape and murder.
Wikipedia article: Farmworker - 1864
American Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia: Students from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley.
Wikipedia article: Battle of New Market - 1836
Francis Baily observes "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse.
Wikipedia article: Francis Baily - 1602
Cape Cod is sighted by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold.
Wikipedia article: Cape Cod - 1532
The English church submits to the king of England in passing a convocation in which it surrenders a number of rights, such as to make provincial ecclesiastic laws independently of the king.
Wikipedia article: Church of England - 908
Constantine VII is crowned Byzantine co-emperor.
- 221
Liu Bei, Chinese warlord, proclaims himself emperor of Shu Han, the successor of the Han dynasty.
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