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26 May 1896 The last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, is crowned. He is later captured & killed by the Bolsheviks (1917 & 1918 respectively)

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25 May 1842 Christian Doppler presents his idea, now known as the Doppler Effect, to the Royal Bohemian Society, Prague. Relativity is next

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24 May 1595 Nomenclator of Leiden University Library created, the 1st printed catalog of an institutional library. #enlightenment

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23 May 1576 Astronomer Tycho Brahe given Hveen Island by Danish King Frederick II 2 build Uraniborg Observatory. Step stone to heliocentrism

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22 May 1377 Pope Gregory XI issues 5 papal bulls to denounce John Wycliffe: "I am ready to defend my convictions even unto death."

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21 May 1917 Leo Pinckney becomes the 1st American drafted for WW I. He is also the 1st African American drafted.

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20 May 1896 During a performance in the Paris Opera House, 2 large weights fell from the chandelier, killing 1 spectator & injuring others

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19 May 1780 New England's Dark Day, caused by a combo of smoke (forest fires), thick fog, & cloud cover. Candles are required from noon on

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18 May 1830 Edwin Budding enters an agreement to sell and license other manufacturers in the production of lawn mowers, which he invented

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17 May 1756 Britain declares war on France (7 Years' or French & Indian War). The war is expensive & Britain raises taxes in the colonies

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16 May 1881 Gross Lichterfelde Tramway begins business as the world's 1st electric tramway. Built by Siemens & Halske Co., it covered 2.4 km

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15 May 1536 Anne Boleyn is found guilty of adultery & incest & is beheaded 4 days l8r. Her real crime was not having a male heir w/HenryVIII

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14 May 1796 English doctor Edward Jenner administers first inoculation against smallpox (made from cowpox pus) in Berkeley, Gloucestershire

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13 May 1861 Queen Victoria announces Britain's position of neutrality in the American Civil War. Many in the Confederacy wanted an alliance

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12 May 1215 The Magna Carta is signed by King John & English barons. The barons were protected from illegal imprisonment & it limited taxes

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11 May 324 Constantinople is founded by the Roman Emperor Constantine on the site of an existing city, Byzantium

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10 May 1801 The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America, provoking the 1st foreign war for the infant nation

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9 May 1901 The 1st Australian Parliament opens in Melbourne with Prince George in the western annex of the Royal Exhibition Building

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8 May 1899 Ernest Rutherford publishes his discovery of 2 different kinds of radiation, alpha & beta. He was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1908

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7 May 1945 German Gen. Jodl signs an unconditional surrender with the Western allies, effective 05/08 at 11:01. V-E Day in the US & UK

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