This Day in History
Today: May 9, 2026
328
Athanasius is elected Patriarch of Alexandria.[1]
1009
Lombard Revolt: Lombard forces led by Melus revolt in Bari against the Byzantine Catepanate of Italy.
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
Timurid monarch 'Abd al-Latif is assassinated.
1540
Hernando de Alarcón sets sail on an expedition to the Gulf of California.
1662
The figure who later became Mr. Punch makes his first recorded appearance in England.[2]
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.
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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