The Fifth of May

The history of the 5th of May:

In 1215, the rebel barons renounced their support of King John leading to the signing of the Magna Carta.

Christopher Columbus lands on Jamaica in 1494, claiming it in the name of Spain.

Mexican troops defeat the French in the Battle of Puebla in 1862.

The civil war Battle of the Wilderness began on this day pitting U.S Grant against Robert E Lee in the beginning of the Union's Virginia Overland Campaign of 1864.

In 1865 the first train robbery in the U.S took place.

West Germany gained sovereignty on this day in 1955.

May 5th is Europe Day... celebrating the founding of the Council of Europe in 1949

The 27th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified...202 years after it's initial submission in 1789.

Cheers!

~Finntann~