Eventos el Mayo 2 52
Año 1536
Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft.
Año 1559
John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the nascent Scottish Reformation.
Año 1611
The King James Version of the Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker.
Año 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.
Año 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.
Año 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.
Año 1829
After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of HMS Challenger, declares the Swan River Colony in Australia.
Año 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.
Año 1885
Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
Año 1889
Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
Año 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.
Año 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.
Año 1945
World War II: Italian Campaign: General Heinrich von Vietinghoff signs the official instrument of surrender of all Wehrmacht forces in Italy.
Año 1945
World War II: The US 82nd Airborne Division liberates Wöbbelin concentration camp finding 1000 dead prisoners, most of whom starved to death.
Año 1945
World War II: A death march from Dachau to the Austrian border[1] is halted by the segregated, all-Nisei 522nd Field Artillery Battalion of the U.S. Army in southern Bavaria, saving several hundred prisoners.[2]
Año 1952
The world's first ever jet airliner, the De Havilland Comet 1 makes its maiden flight, from London to Johannesburg.
Año 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.
Año 1964
Vietnam War: An explosion sinks the American aircraft carrier USS Card while it is docked at Saigon. A North Vietnamese frogman had placed a bomb on the ship. She is raised and returned to service less than seven months later.
Año 1964
First ascent of Shishapangma the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the Eight-thousanders.
Año 1969
The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.
Año 1972
In the early morning hours a fire breaks out at the Sunshine Mine located between Kellogg and Wallace, Idaho, killing 91 workers.
Año 1982
Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano.
Año 1986
Chernobyl disaster: The City of Chernobyl is evacuated six days after the disaster.
Año 1989
Hungary begins dismantling its border fence with Austria, which allows a number of East Germans to defect.
Año 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.
Año 1998
The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the European Union's monetary policy.
Año 1999
Panamanian general election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
Año 2000
President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military.
Año 2004
The Yelwa massacre concludes. It began on 4 February 2004 when armed Muslims killed 78 Christians at Yelwa. In response, about 630 Muslims were killed by Christians on May 2nd.
Año 2008
Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Burma killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.
Año 2008
Chaitén Volcano begins erupting in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.
Año 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.
Año 2011
An E. coli outbreak strikes Europe, mostly in Germany, leaving more than 30 people dead and many others sick from the bacteria outbreak.
Año 2011
The 41st Canadian federal election is held, in which the governing Conservative Party, led by incumbent Prime Minister Stephen Harper, increases their number of seats from a minority to a majority.
Año 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.