📅 Today in HistoryMay 2
Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft.
John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the nascent Scottish Reformation.
The King James Version of the Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker.
Afonso Mendes, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Latin Patriarch of Ethiopia, arrives at Beilul from Goa.
King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America.
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.
The Siege of Cuautla during the Mexican War of Independence ends with both sides claiming victory.
