This day in military history..

May 1
1778 Battle of Crooked Billet
1794 Battle of Boulou
1898 Battle of Manila Bay
1940 KM Troopship Buenos Aires sunk by HMS Narwhal in the Skagerrak. Gunboat Uller bombed by Norwegian He-115s and scuttled. Norwegian Troopship Dronning Maud bombed/sunk off Foldvik. R.N. Trawler HMS St. Goran bombed/sunk off Namsos
1941 R.N. Trawler HMS Jean Frederic bombed/sunk off Start Point. Balloon Vessel HMS Saturnus declared total loss from unspecified damages.
1942 Destroyer HMS Punjabi rammed/sunk by Battleship HMS King George V. U-573 damaged by RAF Hudson, interned in, and purchased by, Spain
1943 Soviet Sub ScHc-323 sunk by mine off Petershof
1944 U-277 sunk by Swordfish from HMS Fencer southwest of Bear Island. USN Patrol Craft YP-95 ran aground and sank, Adak, Alaska. R.N. Harbor Defence Motor Launch 1380 sank in a storm in the Aegean.
1945 Australians land at Tarakan. U-3006 scuttled at Wilhelmshafen. U-3009 scuttled near Wesermunde
1960 Gary Power's U-2 shot down
1995 Operation Flash begins
 
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May 4
1471 Battle of Tewkesbury
1799 Siege of Seringapatan ends
1862 Battle of Williamsburg/Ft. Magruder begins
1863 Battle of Chancellorsville ends
1910 Royal Canadian Navy Est
1912 Italy occupys Rhodes
1940 Polish Destroyer Grom bombed/sunk off Narvik
1941 Minesweeper HMS Fermoy bombed/sunk at Malta. R.N. Trawler HMS Ben Gairn sunk by mine at Lowestoft. Italian Torpedo Boat Guiseppe La Farina sunk by mine off Kerkenah
1942 Minesweeper USS Tanager sunk by artillery off Corrigidor and Submarine Rescue Vessel USS Pigeon bombed/sunk off Corregidor. Armed Merchant Cruiser Kinjosan Maru sunk by sub USS Greenling off Truk.
Battle of the Coral Sea begins: IJN Aux Minesweepers Wa-1 and 2 sunk by USN aircraft at Tulagi, Aux Minelayer Tama demaged, sinks on the 6th, and Destroyer Kikutzuki bombed/beached, sinks on the 5th.
1943 USAT Onieda founders in a storm off Va. U-109 sunk by RAF B-24 south of Ireland. U-659 and U-439 sink each other in a collision.
1944 U-371 sunk by US, RN and Free French ship north of Constantine. U-846 sunk by RCAF Wellington north of Cape Ortegal
1945 LCT-1358 runs aground and sinks off California. Destroyers USS Luce and Morrison and LSM(R)s 190 and 194 sunk by Kamakazes off Okinawa. KM Minesweeper M-36 bombed/sunk in the Great Belt and M-301 off Mandel. Large numbers of U-Boats and other KM ships scuttled.
1982 HMS Sheffield damaged by Exocet, abandond
 
May 5
1811 Battle of Fuentes de Onoro ends
1862 Battle of Puebla. Battle of Williamsburg/Ft. Magruder ends
1864 Battle of The Wilderness begins
1936 Italy captures Addis Ababa
1940 Siege of the Hegra Fortress ends. Norwegian Torpedo Boat Sild scuttled off Haroya. HMS Seal captured, commisioned into KM service as U-Boat U-B.
1941 Boom Defence Vessel HMS Fidelia bombed/sunk at Lowestoft
1942 Fleet Tug USS Genessee scuttled off Corrigidor, raised, repaired and put in IJN service as Patrol Boat PB-107. Harbor Tug USs Vaga scuttled at Corrigidor.
Battle of Madagascar begins: Vichy French sub Beveziers, Sloop D'Entrecastreaux and Armed Merchant Cruiser Bouganville sunk. D'entracastreaux raised, repaired and put in Free French service.
1943 U-638 sunk by Corvette HMS Sunflower northeast of Newfoundland.
1944 R.N. MTB 708 bombed by Allied aircraft and then sunk by Allied warships in the English Channel. PT-247 sunk by IJN barges and shore batteries off Bouganville. Destroyer Escort USS Flechteler sunk by U-967 in The Med.
1945 KM Gunboat K-1 bombed/sunk off Denmark. Torpedo Boat T-36 bombed/sunk off Swienmunde. Many U Boats scuttled. IJN Minesweeper W-20 sunk by sub USs Trepang in the Yellow Sea. R.N. Trawler HMS Coriolanus and Motor Launch ML 558 sunk by mines in the Adriatic.
 
May 6
1527 Spanish and German troops Sack Rome
1536 Siege of Cuzco begins(ends Mar. 1537)
1757 Battle of Prague
1801 HMS Speedy 14 captures Spanish Frigate El Gamo 32
1935 1st flight P-36
1940 KM Flackship V-101 sank in the Kattegat. V-811 sunk by mine in the Ems Estuary. R.N. Trawler HMS Loch Nover sunk in a collision off Hartlepool
1941 1st flight P-47. Ocean Boarding Vessel HMS Comito sunk by U-97 southwest of Cape Clear
1942 Battle of Luzon ends with capture of Corrigidor: Gunboats USS Luzon and Oahu and Minesweeper USS Quail scuttled off Corrigidor
1943 U-125 rammed by Destroyer HMS Oribi, and sunk by Corvette HMS Sunflower. U-438 sunk by Sloop HMS Pelican northwest of Newfoundland. U-531 and U-630 sunk by Destroyer HMS Vidette off Newfoundland.
1944 U-699 rammed by Destroyer Escort USS Buckley, Germans attempt to board, sub pulls away & is shelled, then rams Buckley and scuttles. U-473 scuttled after being damaged by 3 R.N. Sloops. U-765 sunk by Swordfish from HMS Vindex
1945 Battle of Prague begins. U-853 sunk by Destroyer Escort USS Atherton and Frigate USS Mobley off Rhode Island. U-881 sunk by Destroyer Escort USS Farquhar. U-3523 sunk by RAF B-24 in the Skagerak
 
May 7
1487 Siege of Malaga begins
1779 USS Providence captures HMS Diligent off Sandy Hook
1864 CSS Raleigh wrecked at Wilmington. Battle of The Wilderness ends
1915 Lusitania sunk by U-20
1920 Poland captures Kiev
1937 Condor Legion arrives in Spain
1941 Destroyer HMS Hurricane bombed/sunk at Liverpool, raised, repaired, and returned to service. R.N. Trawler HMS Susarion bombed/sunk southeast of the Humber Lightship. R.N. Trawler HMS Gowan Hill bombed/sunk at Breenock. Minesweeper HMS Stoke bombed/sunk at Tobruk. KM Weather Ship Munchen captured by R.N., sold in 1943 to the Faero Islands.
1942 Vichy French Sub Le Heros sunk off Madagascar. Oiler USS Neosho and Destroyer USS Sims and IJN Carrier Shoho bombed/sunk in the Coral Sea. R.N. Motor Launch ML 130 sunk by enemy MTBs off Malta.
1943 U-447 sunk by 2 RAF Hudsons west of Gibraltar. Vichy French Destroyer L'Audacieux bombed/sunk at Bizerte.
1944 Frigate HMCS Valleyfield sunk by U-548 southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland.
1945 Norwegian Minesweeper NYMS 382 sunk by U-1023 off Lyme Bay. U-1407 scuttled, raised, repaired and put in R.N. service as HMS Meteorite. IJN Minesweeper W-29 sunk by mine in Kanmon Strait.
1954 Battle of Dein Bien Phu ends
 
May 8
1821 Battle of Gravia Inn
1846 Battle of Palo Alto
1862 Battle of McDowell
1864 Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse begins
1940 Norwegian Torpedo Boat Skrei scuttled
1941 R.N. Trawler HMS Silicia sunk by mine at Hull. Armed Yacht Viva II bombed/sunk west of Trevose Head. R.N. Trawlers HMS Thistle V and Uberty sunk by mines at Lowestoft. KM Raider Penguin sunk by Cruiser Cornwall in the Indian Ocean
Sub HMS Olympus sunk by mine off Malta. Vichy French sub Monge sunk by HMS Active and Panther off Madagascar. Battle of the Coral Sea ends: Carrier USS Lexington bombed/torpedoed, scuttled
1943 Examination Vessel HMAS Adele wrecked at Port Kembla. R.N. Trawler HMS Daneman strikes iceburg and sinks under tow south of Greenland. Destroyers Kagero, Kuroshio and Oyashio sunk by mines near Kolombangara
1945 V-E Day. U-320 bombed/damaged off Bergen, scuttled.
 
May 9
1763 Siege of Ft. Detroit begins
1864 naval Battle of Heligoland
1915 2nd Battle of Artois begins
1940 French sub Doris sunk by U-9 off Holland. KM Minesweeper M-134 bombed/sunk at Bergen, raised, repaired and returned to service as Patrol Boat Jungingen
1941 U-110 captured by 3 R.N. ships, sinks next day. Mine Destructor Vessel HMS Queenworth bombed/sunk off the Humber
1942 U-352 sunk by USCG Icarus south of Morehead City, NC
1943 R.N. MTB 61 wrecked off Kelibia, Tunisia
1944 USN Patrol Craft PC-558 sunk by U-558 northeast of Palermo
1945 Destroyer Escort USS Oberrender damaged beyond repair by Kamakazes off Okinawa. R.N. Motor Launches ML 591 and 905 sunk in the Sitang River, Burma.
1992 Armenia captures Shusha
 
May 10
1775 Ft. Ticonderoga captured from the British
1796 Battle of Lodi
1857 Supoy Mutiny begins
1862 Confederates destroy the Norfolk Navy Yard
1865 Battle of "The Muleshoe" begins
1940 Germany invades The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg. Dutch Destroyer Van Gelen bombed/sunk off Rotterdam. Minesweeper Tug De Oceaan scuttled in Waddensea. KM Troopship Nordnorge sunk by Cruiser HMS Calcutta and Destroyer HMS Zulu at Hemnesberg. Troopship Campinas sunk by mine in the Kattegat
1941 Italian Armed Merchant Cruiser Ramb III sunk at Benghazi, raised, repaired, returned to service. R.N. Harbor Defence Motor Launch 1011 bombed/sunk off Crete
1942 Siam invades Burma. Hospital Ship HMS Ramb IV bombed/sunk off Alexandria.
1943 R.N. MTB 264 sunk by mine off Sousse, Tunisia
1944 Destroyer Karakaya sunk by USS Cod west of Luzon
1945 KM S Boat Support Ship Carl Peters sunk by mine off Geltinger.
1969 Battle of Hamburger Hill begins
 
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May 10
1775 Ft. Ticonderoga captured from the British
1796 Battle of Lodi
1857 Supoy Mutiny begins
1862 Confederates destroy the Norfolk Navy Yard
1865 Battle of "The Muleshoe" begins
1940 Germany invades The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg. Dutch Destroyer Van Gelen bombed/sunk off Rotterdam. Minesweeper Tug De Oceaan scuttled in Waddensea. KM Troopship Nordnorge sunk by Cruiser HMS Calcutta and Destroyer HMS Zulu at Hemnesberg. Troopship Campinas sunk by mine in the Kattegat
1941 Italian Armed Merchant Cruiser Ramb III sunk at Benghazi, raised, repaired, returned to service. R.N. Harbor Defence Motor Launch 1011 bombed/sunk off Crete
1942 Siam invades Burma. Hospital Ship HMS Ramb IV bombed/sunk off Alexandria.
1943 R.N. MTB 264 sunk by mine off Sousse, Tunisia
1944 Destroyer Karakaya sunk by USS Cod west of Luzon
1945 KM S Boat Support Ship Carl Peters sunk by mine off Geltinger.
1969 Battle of Hamburger Hill begins
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The Siege of Jerusalem in the year 70 CE was the decisive event of the First Jewish-Roman War. The Roman army, led by the future Emperor Titus, with Tiberius Julius Alexander as his second-in-command, besieged and conquered the city of Jerusalem, which had been occupied by its Jewish defenders in 66 CE.

1655 – England, with troops under the command of Admiral William Penn and General Robert Venables, annexes Jamaica from Spain.
 
May 12
1780 Siege of Charles Town S.C. ends: Frigates USS Boston and Providence captured, USS Queen of France scuttled previous day.
1797 France occupys Venice
1862 Union troops occupy Baton Rouge
1863 Battle of Raymond
1864 Battle of the Bloody Angle begins
1865 Battle of Palmito Ranch begins
1885 Battle of Batoche, Saskatchewan ends
1936 1st flight BF-110
1940 Dutch Gunboat Frisco bombed/sunk off Enkhuizen. HMCS Gate Vessel No. 1 sunk in a collision with Battleship HMS Revenge at Halifax.
1941 Gunboat HMS Ladybird bombed/sunk in very shallow water in Tobruk Harbor, used as AA platform
1942 2nd Battle of Kharkov begins. Minelayer Okinoshims sunk by US sub S-42 in St. Georges Channel off New Ireland. Repair Ship Shoei Maru sunk by US sub S-44 while going to assist Okinoshima northeast of Cape St. George. Destroyer HMS Jackal bombed and damaged the day before is scuttled northwest of Mersa Matrah. Soviet sub K-23 is sunk by KM ships UJ-1101, 1108, and 1110 off Nordkyn, Norway
1943 U-89 sunk by Swordfish from HMS Biter and Destroyer HMS Broadway and Frigate HMS Lagan northeast of The Azores. U-186 sunk by Destroyer HMS Hesperus northeast of The Azores. U-456 sunk by RAF B-24. Motor Minesweeper HMS MMS 89 sunk by mine off Bizerta. Sub I31 sunk by Destroyer USS Edwards off Attu
1944 Soviet Minesweeper SKA-0376 sunk by U-24 in the Black Sea. KM Minesweeper TS-3 bombed/sunk in the Baltic
1968 Battle of Coral-Balmoral begins
1975 Mayaguez Incident begins
 
May 13
1568 Battle of Langside
1864 Battle of the Bloody Angle ends. Battle of Resaca begins
1865 Battle of Palmito Ranch begins
1912 Royal Flying Corps est.
1940 Germany invades France. Battle of Hannut ends. Dutch Minesweeper M-2 sunk by mine off Ijmuiden. Torpedo Boat Chritiaan Cornelius scuttled at Rotterdam. French Minesweeper Ville du Bizerte sunk by mine off Cape Guardia, Algeria
1941 Armed Mercant Cruiser HMS Salopian sunk by U-98 in the Atlantic
1942 R.N. MTB 220 sunk by KM E Boats off Ambleteuse, France. KM Torpedo Boats Iltis and Seeadler sunk by MTBs off France.
1943 Axis forces in N. Africa surrender. U-753 sunk by RCAF Sunderland with HMCS Drumhelter and HMS Lagen. Italian sub Mocenigo bombed/sunk at Cagliari, Sardinia.
1944 I-501 sunk by Destroyer Escort USS Francis M Robinson west of The Azores
1949 1st flight Canberra Bomber
 
May 14
1264 Battle of Lewes
1509 Battle of Agnadello
1747 1st Battle of Cape Finesterre
1863 Battle of Jackson
1864 Battle of New Market begins
1868 Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends
1940 The Netherlands surrender. 1st flight Soviet Yer-2 Bomber
1941 Minesweeper HMNZS Puriri sunk by mine off New Zealand
1942 Soviet Destroyer Dzerjinsky sunk by mine off Sevastopol. KM Naval Trawler M-1307 sunk by mine in the North Sea. minesweeper M-26 and 256 sunk off Chergourg
1943 R.N. HDML 1154 sunk by mine off Bizerta. KM Minesweeper M-8 sunk off Hook of Holland. U-235 and 237 bombed/sunk at Hamburg, both raised, repaired, returned to service. U-640 sunk by USN PBY southwest of Iceland. Soviet sub M-122 sunk by German aircraft off Rybachiy Peninsula
1944 Km Minesweeper M-435 sunk off Holland U-1234 sunk in collision with Tug Anton off Poland. Destroyer Inazuma sunk by USS Bonefish in the Celebes Sea
1945 Cruiser Haguro sunk by R.N. Destroyers off Penang
1948 Arab-Israeli War begins
 
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May 15
1525 Battle of Frankenhausen
1849 "The two Sicilies" captures Palermo
1862 Battle of Drewry's Bluff.
1864 Battle of New Market ends. Battle of Resaca ends
1904 Japanese Battleships Hatsuse and Yashima sunk by mines off Port Arthur
1919 Greece invades Izmir
1940 French Minesweepers Duquesne II and Henri Guegan sunk by mines off the Schelde. Destroyer HMS Valentine bombed/beached, abandonded near Terneuzen. Dutch Minelayer Hydra dameged by German anti-tank guns, beached/scuttled off Zeeland
1941 Greek Destroyer Leon bombed/sunk at Suda Bay
1942 Km Minesweeper M-26 bombed/sunk off Cap de la Hague. Flakship V-2002 bombed/sunk off Terschelling. Cruiser HMS Trinidad bombed/scuttled in the Arctic Sea north of North Cape
1943 U-176 sunk by Cuban Sub Chaser CS-13 off Cuba, only enemy ship sunk by Cuban Navy in WWII. U-266 sunk by RARF Halifax
1944 U-731 sunk by Patrol ship HMS Kilmonoch and R.N. Trawler HMS Blackfly and 2 USN PBYs near Tangiers
1969 Unfinished sub USS Guitaro sinks while fitting out at the Mare Island Navy Yard. Raised, repaired, put in service.
 
May 16
1771 Battle of Alamance
1811 Battle of Albuera
1863 Battle of Champion's Hill
1864 2nd Battle of Drewry's Bluff
1941 UK Troopship Archangle bombed/beached & broken up south of Newburgh
1942 R.N. MTB 338 exploded and burned at Trinidad
1943 U-182 sunk by Destroyer USS Mackenzie near Madeira. U-463 sunk by RAF Halifax in Bay of Biscay
1945 U-287 mined or scuttled at Attenbach. Minelayer Hatsutaka sunk by Sub USS Hawkbill in Gulf of Thailand
 
May 17
1863 Battle of the Big Black River
1900 Siege of Mafeking ends
1940 Germans capture Brussels. Incomplete Dutch Destroyer Philps Van Almonde scuttled on the ways. French Aux. Minesweeper Mardyck cought fire, beached and abandond at Breskins
1942 I-28 sunk by USS Tautog south of Truk. I-64/164 sunk by USS Triton southeast of Cape Ashizuri
1943 RAF Dam buster air raids. Km Minesweeper M414 sunk off Texel. U-128 sunk by USN PBM and Destroyers USS Jouett and Moffett. U-646 sunk by RAF Hudson southeast of Iceland. U-657 sunk by Frigate HMS Swale east of Cape Farwell.
1944 U-616 sunk an RAF Wellington and 7 USN Destroyers off Algeria
1987 USS Stark hit by Iraqi Exocet
 
May 18
1268 Siege of Antioc ends
1302 Bruges Massacre
1565 Siege of Malta begins(ends Sept 11)
1775 Armed Schooner Liberty, under Gen. Benedict Arnold, captures HMS Royal George and troops aboard capture Ft. Saint-Jean, Quebec. Royal George renamed Enterprise, 1st US warship with that name.
1811 Battle of Las Piedras
1863 Battle of Vicksburg begins
1940 Germans capture Antwerp. Cruiser HMS Effington wrecked on Faksen Shoals, scuttled May 21. Germans capture abandond Norwegian Sub B 6, Destroyer Troll and Torpedo Boat Snogg at Floro, enter KM service as UC-2, Troll and Zack
1941 R.N. Trawler HMS Jewel sunk by mine in Belfast Lough. RF Tanker Olna bombed/beached at Suda Bay, repaired and put in German service
1943 Battle of Monte Cassino ends. CAM ship Empire Eve sunk by U-414 off Algeria. KM Minesweeper M-345 bombed/sunk off Dunkirk
1944 Dutch MTB 203 sunk by mine off Boulogne.
1945 Destroyer USS Longshaw runs aground off Naha, Okinawa and is sunk by shore batteries
2009 Sri Lankan Civil War ends
 
May 19
1445 1st Battle of Olmedo
1643 Battle of Rocroi
1655 England invades Jamaica
1776 American troops at The Cedars, Quebec, surrender
1864 Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse ends
1865 Ironclad CSS Stonewall surrenders to Spanish authorities at Havana
1940 Destroyer HMS Whitley bombed/beached/scuttled off Ostend. Minelayer HMS Princess Victoria sunk by mine of the Humber. French aux Minesweeper Augustin Normand bombed/sunk at Le Havre. KM Naval Trawlwer sunk by Norwegian Naval Trawler Honningsvag and Naval Cargo ship Heilhorn in the Stromoyene Islands
1941 Armed Yacht HMS Sea Angler suns/sinks
1943 U-273 sunk by RAF Hudson
1944 U-960 sunk by Destroyers USS Niblack and Ludlow and RAF Wellingtons and Venturas. U-1015 sunk in a collision with U-1014 west of Pillau. I-16 sunk by Destroyer Escort USS England off the Solomon Islands
 
May 20
685 Battle of Dun Nechtain
1217 Battle of Lincoln
1449 Battle of Alfarrobeira
1521 Battle of Pampeluma
1631 Madgeburg Massacre
1813 Battle of Bautzen Begins
1863 Confederates evacuate Yazoo City destroying the Yazoo City Navy Yard and 3 warships under construction there.
1864 Battle of Ware Bottom Church
1917 1st submarine to be sunk by an airplane was U-36 by a British flying boat
1940 R.N. Trawler HMS Rifsnes bombed/sunk off Ostend.
1941 Battle of Crete starts. Italian Destroyer Cartatone sunk by mine near Athens. Minesweeper HMS Widnes bombed/beached/abandoned at Suda Bay. Norwegian Naval tanker John P Pedersen sunk by U-94. R.N. Whaler KOS XXIII bombed/beached
1942 Battle of Burma ends. USN Patrol Boat YP-87 sunk in a collision off Delaware.
1943 U-258 sunk by RAF B-24 west of Ireland
1944 Dutch Minesweeper Marken sunk by mine in the Thames Estuary. R.N. Trawler HMS Wyoming sunk by mine east-north-east of Harwich
1945 U-963 scuttled off the coast of Portugal
1969 Battle of Hamberger Hill ends
 
May 21
1809 Battle of Aspern-Essling begins
1813 Battle of Bautzen ends
1879 naval Battle of Iquique
1940 French Destroyer L'Adroit bombed/beached at Malo les Bains. Sub Chaser CH 9 bombed/beached. Aux Minesweepers Saint Bernoit, Notre Dame De Lorette, Rien Sans Plene, Jacques Coeur, Saint Joachim bombed/sunk at Dunkirk, and Leopold Soubler and Christiane Cecil scuttled at Boulogne. R.N. Trawler HMS Corburn sunk by E Boat S-32 off Le Havre. R.N. Trawlers HMS Cape Passaro and Melbourne bombed/sunk off Narvik.
1941 Italian Destroyer Carlo Mirabello sunk by mine off Cape Dukato, Albania. destroyer HMS Juno bombed/sunk off Crete. Armed Yacht HMS Hanyards burns/sinks
1942 1st flight P-61 Black Widow
1943 Italian sub Gorgo sunk by Destroyer USS Nields off Oran. U-303 sunk by sub HMS Sickle off Toulon, later Sickle damages the Monte Carlo Casino with a torpedo that misses shipping in the Harbor.
1944 Pearl Harbor munitions disaster.
1945 IJN Minesweeper W-34 sunk by sub USS Chub in the Java Sea.
1982 Battle of San Carlos begins
 
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