WHAT HAPPENED ON 9. MAY
Want to find out what all happened on 9. May

Lincoln Cathedral is consecrated. (9. May 1092)

'Abd al-Latif (Timurid monarch) is assassinated. (9. May 1450)

The figure who later became Mr. Punch made his first recorded appearance in England. (9. May 1662)

Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. (9. May 1671)

Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn. (9. May 1726)

The Siege of Fort Detroit begins during Pontiac's War against British forces. (9. May 1763)

Second War of Schleswig: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland. (9. May 1864)

Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression. (9. May 1873)

The first horse-drawn bus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes. (9. May 1874)

Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania. (9. May 1877)

A magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Peru kills 2,541, including some as far away as Hawaii and Japan. (9. May 1877)

Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London. (9. May 1887)

Australia opens its first parliament in Melbourne. (9. May 1901)

The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100 mph (160 km/h). (9. May 1904)

The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio placed by the Vatican in the Index of Forbidden Books. (9. May 1911)

World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces. (9. May 1915)

World War I: Germans repel the British's second attempt to blockade the port of Ostend, Belgium. (9. May 1918)

Polish-Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreschatyk. (9. May 1920)

Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.) (9. May 1926)

The Australian Parliament first convenes in Canberra. (9. May 1927)