On this day ......

[unloadonme]

16 May 1532 – Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_More

 

[MassRuss]

May 17, 1900 - British troops relieve Mafeking

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Mafeking

 

[MassRuss]

May 18, 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg begins

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Vicksburg

 

[unloadonme]

18 May 1868 – Birth of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_II_of_Russia

 

[MassRuss]

May 19, 1536 - Queen Anne Boleyn, 2nd wife of Henry VIII is beheaded for treason, adultery & incest

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Boleyn

 

[unloadonme]

19 May 1935 – Death of T E Lawrence, CB, DSO

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1935

 

[MassRuss]

May 20, 1217 - 2nd Battle of Lincoln. Troops loyal to Henry III of England defeat those of Louis VIII of France

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Lincoln

 

[unloadonme]

20 May 1956 – Death of Sir Max Beerbohm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Beerbohm

 

[Triple G]

May 20, 2013 Lefty passed on to run free in heaven

 

[MassRuss]

May 21, 1864 - American Civil War - Battle of Spotsylvania ends, inconclusively, with huge casualties on both sides.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Spotsylvania_Court_House

 

[unloadonme]

22 May 1455 – Start of the Wars of the Roses: at the First Battle of St Albans, Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_St_Albans

 

[MassRuss]

May 23, 1928 - Birth of singer/actress Rosemary Clooney

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary_Clooney

 

[MassRuss]

May 24, 1819 - Birth of Queen Victoria

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria

 

[MassRuss]

May 25, 1846 - Birth of Princess Helena of the UK

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Helena_of_the_United_Kingdom

 

[MassRuss]

May 26, 1867 - Birth of Mary of Teck, Queen Consort of George V of the UK

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_of_Teck

 

[MassRuss]

May 27, 1199 - John is crowned King of England

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John,_King_of_England

 

[unloadonme]

28 May 1878 – Death of Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Russell,_1st_Earl_Russell

 

[unloadonme]

29 May 1660 – King Charles II is restored to the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_England

 

[unloadonme]

30 May 1757 – Birth of Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Addington,_1st_Viscount_Sidmouth

 

[MassRuss]

May 30, 1431 - Joan of Arc burned @ the stake.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_Arc

Dare I say it.....oh, what the hell.....The 1st French Fry