Today is Wednesday, May 16, the 136th day of 2018. There are 229 days left in the year.
1527 — Florence becomes a republic
1532 — Sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor
1747 — Prince Willem V sworn in as Admiral-General of Netherlands
1763 — Samuel Johnson meets his future biographer James Boswell in London
1803 — Peace of Amiens ends
1804 — Senate & Tribune declare Napolean leader of France
1901 — Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of the Priory School" (BG)
1910 — U.S. Bureau of Mines forms
1911 — Zeppelin "Deutscheland" wrecked at Dusseldorf
1914 — American Horseshoe Pitchers Association organizes in Kansas City
1527 — Florence becomes a republic
1532 — Sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor
1747 — Prince Willem V sworn in as Admiral-General of Netherlands
1763 — Samuel Johnson meets his future biographer James Boswell in London
1803 — Peace of Amiens ends
1804 — Senate & Tribune declare Napolean leader of France
1901 — Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of the Priory School" (BG)
1910 — U.S. Bureau of Mines forms
1911 — Zeppelin "Deutscheland" wrecked at Dusseldorf
1914 — American Horseshoe Pitchers Association organizes in Kansas City
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