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==Events== *1194 – King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. *1230 – William de Braose is hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great. *1335 – Otto the Merry, Duke of Austria, becomes Duke of Carinthia. *1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft. *1559 – John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the nascent Scottish Reformation. *1568 – Mary, Queen of Scots, escapes from Loch Leven Castle. *1611 – The King James Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker. *1670 – King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America. *1672 – John Maitland becomes Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March. *1808 – Outbreak of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation. Francisco de Goya later memorializes this event in his painting ''The Second of May 1808''. *1812 – The Siege of Cuautla during the Mexican War of Independence ends with both sides claiming victory after Mexican rebels under José María Morelos y Pavón abandon the city after 72 days under siege by royalist Spanish troops under Félix María Calleja. *1816 – Marriage of Léopold of Saxe-Coburg and Princess Charlotte of Wales. *1829 – After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of , declares the Swan River Colony in Australia. *1863 – American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later. *1866 – Peruvian defenders fight off the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao. *1876 – The April Uprising breaks out in Bulgaria. *1879 – The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Casa Labra Pub (city of Madrid) by the historical Spanish workers' leader Pablo Iglesias. *1885 – ''Good Housekeeping'' magazine goes on sale for the first time. * 1885 – Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion. * 1885 – The Congo Free State is established by King Léopold II of Belgium. *1889 – Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs a treaty of amity with Italy, giving Italy control over Eritrea. *1906 – Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece. *1918 – General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware. *1920 – The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis. *1932 – Comedian Jack Benny's radio show airs for the first time. *1933 – ''Gleichschaltung'': Adolf Hitler bans trade unions. *1941 – Following the ''coup d'état'' against Iraq Crown Prince 'Abd al-Ilah earlier that year, the United Kingdom launches the Anglo-Iraqi War to restore him to power. *1945 – World War II: Fall of Berlin: The Soviet Union announces the capture of Berlin and Soviet soldiers hoist their red flag over the Reichstag building. * 1945 – World War II: Italian Campaign: General Heinrich von Vietinghoff signs the official instrument of surrender of all Wehrmacht forces in Italy. * 1945 – World War II: The US 82nd Airborne Division liberates Wöbbelin concentration camp finding 1000 dead prisoners, most of whom starved to death. *1946 – The "Battle of Alcatraz" takes place; two guards and three inmates are killed. *1952 – The world's first ever jet airliner, the De Havilland Comet 1 makes its maiden flight, from London to Johannesburg. *1955 – Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for ''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof''. *1963 – Berthold Seliger launches a rocket with three stages and a maximum flight altitude of more than 100 kilometres near Cuxhaven. It is the only sounding rocket developed in Germany. *1964 – Vietnam War: An explosion sinks the while it is docked at Saigon. Viet Cong forces are suspected of placing a bomb on the ship. She is raised and returned to service less than seven months later. * 1964 – First ascent of Shishapangma the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the Eight-thousanders. *1969 – The British ocean liner ''Queen Elizabeth 2'' departs on her maiden voyage to New York City. *1972 – In the early morning hours a fire breaks out at the Sunshine Mine located between Kellogg and Wallace, ID, killing 91 workers. *1980 – Referendum on system of government held in Nepal. *1982 – Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA ''General Belgrano''. *1986 – Chernobyl disaster: The City of Chernobyl is evacuated six days after the disaster *1989 – Hungary begins dismantling its border fence with Austria, which allows a number of East Germans to defect. *1994 – A bus crashes in Gdańsk, Poland killing 32 people. *1995 – During the Croatian War of Independence, the Army of the Republic of Serb Krajina fires cluster bombs at Zagreb, killing seven and wounding over 175 civilians. *1998 – The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the European Union's monetary policy. *1999 – Panamanian election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama. *2000 – President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military. *2004 – Yelwa massacre ended. It began on 4 February 2004 when armed Muslims attacked the Christians of Yelwa killing more than 78 Christians including at least 48 who were worshipping inside a church compound. More than 630 nomad Muslims were killed by Christians in Nigeria. *2008 – Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Burma killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless. * 2008 – Chaitén Volcano begins erupting in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people. *2011 – Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man is killed by the United States special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan. * 2011 – An E. coli outbreak strikes Europe, mostly in Germany, leaving more than 30 people dead and many others sick from the bacteria outbreak. *2012 – A pastel version of ''The Scream'', by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for $120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction. *2014 – Odessa Clashes occur between supporters of a united Ukraine and supporters of Federalization; 48 casualties result. *2014 – Two mudslides in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, leave up to 2,500 people missing. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「May 2」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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