May 1 in History
1 May in History – 162 years ago
North America 1862: Capture of New Orleans
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All Events on 1 May
starts
2021
Taliban seizes control of Afghanistan as US withdraws
2004
Ten Eastern European countries join European Union
ends
2003
United States leads an invasion of Iraq
1963
UN transfers West New Guinea to Indonesia
ends
1963
United Nations administration in West New Guinea
ends
1950
People’s Republic of China captures Hainan Island
1945
Australia lands on Tarakan, Dutch Borneo
ends
1943
US takes over from British operation of Persian Corridor
starts
1919
German army retakes Munich
ends
1916
Irish republicans mount Easter Rising
starts
1915
Germany overruns Poland and Lithuania
starts
1915
Allies capture Jaunde, capital of Kamerun
1898
US fleet defeats Spanish in Manila Bay
starts
1898
French defeat and capture Samori Ture
starts
1883
Geronimo hunted down
starts
1873
López Jordán’s rebels return to Argentina
1865
Brazil, Argentina & Uruguay form Triple Alliance
ends
1862
Union captures New Orleans
ends
1857
William Walker expelled from Nicaragua
starts
1839
Eyre explores South Australia and crosses Nullarbor Plain
starts
1519
Cortés establishes control over Veracruz coast
starts
1498
John Cabot possibly returns to New World*
ends
408
Arcadius rules Eastern Roman Empire
starts
408
Theodosius II rules Eastern Roman Empire
ends
305
Diocletian rules Roman Empire
ends
305
Maximian rules western Roman Empire
ends
305
Diocletian increases number of provinces
305
Diocletian and Maximian resign in favor of Constantius and Galerius
starts
305
Galerius presides over Roman Empire; Tetrarchy breaks down
ends
254
Marcomanni raid as far as Ravenna*
*Actual date uncertain; set to 1 May for purposes of Omniatlas
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