1. Mehemet Ali massacres the Mamelukes in Egypt and obtains supreme power throughout the kingdom, 1811.
1. San Juan, originally part of the province of Cuyo, becomes an Argentine province, 1820.
1. Death of Paraguayan dictator Mariscal Francisco S. López, 1869. General Cámara went after the Paraguayan strongman with 4,000 Brazilian soldiers, and surprised him in Cerro-Corá, where he was being guarded by 600 of his men. When he tried to escape, López was stabbed by a lancer and subsequently shot and stabbed by the Brazilian troops.
1. Defeat of the Italians at Adowa by Ethiopian forces ends Italian occupation, 1896.
1. German forces occupy Kiev, 1918.
1. Japanese occupation of Java, 1942.
2. Foundation of the city of Mendoza, 1561. Don Pedro del Castillo, born in La Rioja, Spain and Lieutenant General of the Cuyo provinces, established this city that he named after the Governor of Chile, García Hurtado de Mendoza.
2. Samuel Houston, soldier and first President of the Republic of Texas, born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, 1793.
2. Spain declares the "War of Oranges" with Portugal, 1801.
2. Naval battle in San Nicolás, 1811. An Argentine squadron commanded by Juan B. Azopardo is defeated by a fleet of the Spanish Armada, based in Montevideo.
3. Swiss defeated Charles the Bold at Granson, 1476.
3. Creation of the 9th Line Infantry Regiment, 1814. See TR030104
3. Death of Admiral William Brown, 1857. At the beginning of May 1814, he received the command of a newly organized squadron designed to support the Army in its siege of the city of Montevideo. Leading crews commanded by valiant captains, he first conquered the Island Martín García, an artillery base that controlled the entrance to the country's interior rivers, and went on to defeat the Spanish Armada in the Royal Naval Station of Montevideo. He later developed and led an intensive corsair campaign against Spanish trade at sea. He came back from retirement to lead the Argentine ships in the War with Brazil, and defeated the Brazilian in battles such as Pozos, Juncal, Sarandi and Quilmes. Of extraordinary probity and courage, he was an exceptional leader of his men. He is considered the founder of the Argentine Navy. He was born in Foxford, Ireland, on 22-06-1777.
3. All Japanese resistence ends in Manila, Luzon, 1945.
4. Saladin, Muslim commander, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, born Damascus, 1193.
4. Death of Mariano Moreno, 1811, at sea during a trip to England on a diplomatic mission. He was the former Secretary of the First Government Junta created in May 25, 1810.
5. A Royal Warrant issued in Westminster, England, authorized Venetian Giovanni Caboto and his sons, Luiggi, Sebastiano and Sancius, to sail with a fleet of five ships under English flag, to discover and conquer lands in America, 1496.
5. Death in extreme poverty of General Martín Rodríguez, in Montevideo, 1845. He had been born in Buenos Aires on 11-11-1771. He fought in the British Invasions and was one of the protagonists of the events of May, 1810. An extremely courageous warrior, he crossed his sword with the flagstaff of the Argentine flag when the Army commanded by General Manuel Belgrano swore the pledge of allegiance in Río Pasaje on 13-02-1813. He founded the city of Tandil and was governor of the Province of Buenos Aires.
5. German elections result in Nazi party winning nearly half of the seats, 1933.
6. Mass assault of Mexican troops of General Antonio López de Santa Ana against the fortress of the Alamo, on the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas, 1836. Inside, 186 Texans and Americans led by William Travis, James Bowie and David Crockett. The fortress fell and all defenders were slain, with the exception of two women and one child.
6. Allies take Cologne, Germany, 1945.
7. Creation of the East Province of the Plata River, 1814. An executive order of the Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Plata River provided for the creation of this new Argentine province.
7. Brazilian defeat in Carmen de Patagones, 1827. Colonels Santiago J. Bynnon and Martín Lacarra repelled the attack of a 4-ship Brazilian fleet, which had previously landed an army of around 600 men. The ships were captured while the ground troops surrendered.
7. Japanese landings in New Guinea, 1942.
7. US troops cross the Rhine at Remagen, 1945.
8. Cash reward to General Manuel Belgrano, 1813. The General Constitutional Assembly unanimously voted to award a prize of 40,000 pesos to the winner of the battles of Tucumán and Salta. Belgrano donated this money towards the creation of four schools in the Argentine North, a legacy that would only come true many years after his death.
8. The President of the United States of America, Thomas Monroe, recommended to Congress recognizing the independence of the Spanish colonies in South America, 1822.
8. First combat between two ironclads, 1862. During the American Civil War the Monitor engaged a Confederate counterpart, the casemate ram Virginia at Hampton Roads, Va. The Monitor had twin guns housed in a revolving turret, able to fire in all directions. Neither antagonist was specially seaworthy, but this was a turning point for the future of naval warfare.
8. US Senate passes Lend-Lease Bill, 1941.
8. First American combat troops land in Viet Nam, 1965.
9. Battle of Tacuarí, 1811. Argentine troops commanded by General Belgrano, which had remained in the Province of Paraguay after the defeat of Paraguary, fought against the Royalist army commanded by General Cabañas. Choosing to fight to death rather than surrender, the Argentines received an offer of honorable capitulation, which included the demand that they withdraw their arms and materiel from Paraguay.
9. Arrival to the Port of Buenos Aires of then Lieutenant Colonel José de San Martín, 1812, in the frigate George Canning from London, accompanied, among others, by Carlos de Alvear, Francisco Chilavert, Antonio Arellano, Eduardo Holmberg and Francisco Vera.
9. Italians attack Greece, 1941.
9. Erwin Rommel replaced by von Arnim as Axis C-in-C in Africa, 1943.
9. Massive incendiary raid on Tokyo, 1945.
10. The Monte Garrison –today Monte- was the starting point of an expedition formed by 2,500 soldiers, seven pieces of artillery and a long train of carts commanded by Governor General Martín Rodríguez, to build a line of forts designed to protect the countryside from wild Indian attacks, 1823.
10. Death by drowning in the shipwreck of the English ship Agenoria, of poet Esteban de Luca, 1824. He had been born in Buenos Aires in 02-08-1786. Among many others, he was the author of the lyrics of "La Azulada Bandera del Plata" published by Tradition in TR020103.
10. Two thousand Indians led by Chief Catriel invaded Olavarría, and were defeated by the forces commanded by Colonels Salvador Maldonado and Plácido López, 1876.
10. US forces land on Mindanao, 1945.
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