Edgar the Peaceable
On the 11th of May, 973, Edgar the Peaceable was crowned king of England in the first coronation ceremony for an English monarch. Edgar the Peaceable (c. 943–975), was King of the English from 959 until his death in 975. Though his epithet suggests a quiet and...
Tea Act
On the 10th of May, 1773, Parliament passed the Tea Act. It was intended to save the British East India Company by reducing taxes on its tea and granting it the right to sell tea directly to North America. Following the costly victory of Britain in the Seven Years’...
Margaret Clap
The other event for the 9th of May that caught my eye was the execution of five homosexual men at Tyburn in 1726 following their arrest at Mother Clap’s Molley House. Instead I chose Operation Primrose. Yet Operation Primrose concerns the capture of an Enigma machine...
Operation Primrose
On the 9th of May, 1941, the German submarine U-110 was captured by the Royal Navy in what was called Operation Primrose. Confusingly there was another Operation Primrose in 1940 which was a failed landing of Royal Marines at Ålesund in Norway. Though little...
Cade’s Rebellion
Wikipedia tells me that on the 8th of May, 1450, Kentishmen revolted against king Henry VI. Now I confess that I can’t find any other supporting evidence for the 8th of May, but it certainly kicked off sometime in May. However, I’m not going to look a gift horse in...
King James I
The state funeral of King James I took place on the 7th of May, 1625. Yes, I hear the Scottish outcry. He was King James VI of Scotland before he was King James I of England. May I continue? It was, of course, held in Westminster Abbey. James wasn’t my favourite king....
Thomas Cochrane
On the 6th of May, 1801, Captain Thomas Cochrane in the 14-gun HMS Speedy captured the 32-gun Spanish frigate El Gamo. Thomas Cochrane (1775–1860) was one of the most audacious and controversial naval commanders of the age of sail, a man whose exploits during the...
Kublai Khan
On the 5th of May, 1260, Kublai Khan became ruler of the Mongul Empire. Kublai Khan (1215–1294) was one of the most formidable rulers in world history, a man who transformed the vast, mobile conquests of the Mongols into a structured imperial state and became the...
Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson
On the 4th of May, 1436, the Swedish rebel Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson was assassinated. My mother was a fan of Englebert Humperdink, but I know little about Englebrekt. I have posted about my Danish DNA, but I don’t have any from Sweden. Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson was a...
Edgar the Peaceable
On the 11th of May, 973, Edgar the Peaceable was crowned king of England in the first coronation ceremony for an English monarch. Edgar the Peaceable (c. 943–975), was King of the English from 959 until his death in 975. Though his epithet suggests a quiet and...
Tea Act
On the 10th of May, 1773, Parliament passed the Tea Act. It was intended to save the British East India Company by reducing taxes on its tea and granting it the right to sell tea directly to North America. Following the costly victory of Britain in the Seven Years’...
Margaret Clap
The other event for the 9th of May that caught my eye was the execution of five homosexual men at Tyburn in 1726 following their arrest at Mother Clap’s Molley House. Instead I chose Operation Primrose. Yet Operation Primrose concerns the capture of an Enigma machine...
Operation Primrose
On the 9th of May, 1941, the German submarine U-110 was captured by the Royal Navy in what was called Operation Primrose. Confusingly there was another Operation Primrose in 1940 which was a failed landing of Royal Marines at Ålesund in Norway. Though little...
Cade’s Rebellion
Wikipedia tells me that on the 8th of May, 1450, Kentishmen revolted against king Henry VI. Now I confess that I can’t find any other supporting evidence for the 8th of May, but it certainly kicked off sometime in May. However, I’m not going to look a gift horse in...
King James I
The state funeral of King James I took place on the 7th of May, 1625. Yes, I hear the Scottish outcry. He was King James VI of Scotland before he was King James I of England. May I continue? It was, of course, held in Westminster Abbey. James wasn’t my favourite king....
Thomas Cochrane
On the 6th of May, 1801, Captain Thomas Cochrane in the 14-gun HMS Speedy captured the 32-gun Spanish frigate El Gamo. Thomas Cochrane (1775–1860) was one of the most audacious and controversial naval commanders of the age of sail, a man whose exploits during the...
Kublai Khan
On the 5th of May, 1260, Kublai Khan became ruler of the Mongul Empire. Kublai Khan (1215–1294) was one of the most formidable rulers in world history, a man who transformed the vast, mobile conquests of the Mongols into a structured imperial state and became the...
Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson
On the 4th of May, 1436, the Swedish rebel Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson was assassinated. My mother was a fan of Englebert Humperdink, but I know little about Englebrekt. I have posted about my Danish DNA, but I don’t have any from Sweden. Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson was a...