TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2019

1579 — Congress of Cologne forms in the Netherlands

1624 — Admiral Hermites conquering fleet reaches Callao the Lima, Peru

1663 — Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, London, opens

1748 — French troops conquer Maastricht

1765 — Admiral Nelson’s sailboat HMS Victory runs aground

1824 — Beethoven’s 9th symphony premieres in Vienna

1832 — Greece becomes independent republic

1832 — Otto of Bavaria is chosen king of Greece

1848 — Prussians stop insurrection in Varsovia

1912 — Columbia University approves plans for awarding the Pulitzer Prize in several categories

1914 — U.S. Congress establishes mother’s day

1915 — Lusitania sunk by German submarine; 1,198 lives lost

1920 — USSR recognizes independence of Georgia

1928 — England lowers age