May 5 in History
5 May in History – 88 years ago
Southern Asia 1936: Second Italo-Ethiopian War
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starts
2019
Iran–US confrontation in Persian Gulf
ends
1945
Japanese fire balloons strike North America
starts
1942
British conquer Vichy Madagascar
starts
1942
British capture Diégo Suarez, Madagascar
1940
Greenland asserts full control over its own affairs
ends
1936
Italians capture Addis Ababa
ends
1932
January 28 Incident
ends
1930
Gandhi marches to Dandi to challenge British
ends
1922
Ikhwan raids on Iraq
ends
1898
French expedition to Chad fails
1895
Japan agrees to withdraw from Liaodong
ends
1877
Sioux and Cheyenne surrender
ends
1877
Great Sioux War
1865
Confederacy dissolved
1862
French repulsed at Puebla
starts
1860
Garibaldi’s 1,089 Redshirts sail to Sicily
starts
1855
Pitcairn Islanders replace convicts on Norfolk Island
ends
1821
Napoleon exiled to Saint Helena
starts
1811
French capture Tarragona from Spanish
ends
1811
Allies defeat French at Fuentes de Oñoro
starts
1789
Revolution overthrows monarchy in France; brings Napoleon to power
ends
1509
Sebastian Cabot explores eastern North America*
starts
441
Suebi take control of Baetica and Carthaginiensis*
425
Eastern Romans capture Joannes at Ravenna*
407
Constantine III lands in northern Gaul*
ends
325
Arab tribes raid Persian Empire*
starts
325
Persians expel Arabs and reconquer eastern Arabia*
271
Juthungi defeat Aurelian at Placentia*
ends
167
Romans repel Langobard invasion of Pannonia
*Actual date uncertain; set to 5 May for purposes of Omniatlas
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