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The Treaty of Loudun was signed, ending a war that originally began as a power struggle for the French throne.
New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
Finnish War: Sweden loses the fortress of Sveaborg to Russia.
Peninsular War: The Madrid rebels who rose up on May 2 are executed near Príncipe Pío hill.
Warren Smith, American golfer and coach (born 1915)
Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss illustrator (born 1913)
Vietnam War: Kent State shootings: The Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University after disturbances in the city of Kent the weekend before, opens fire killing four unarmed students and woundi�
Brazilian War of Independence: A Brazilian squadron led by Lord Cochrane engages a Portuguese squadron under João de Campos off Salvador, Bahia.
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War: The Battle of Seringapatam: The siege of Seringapatam ends when the city is invaded and Tipu Sultan killed by the besieging British army, under the command of General George H�
Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Tewkesbury: Edward IV defeats a Lancastrian Army and kills Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales.
Samuel Dexter, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of War, 3rd United States Secretary of the Treasury (born 1761)
American Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles.
American Civil War: The Confederate government was declared dissolved at Washington, Georgia.
American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County.
Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italian troops (pictured) captured the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa unopposed.
American Civil War: Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign in Virginia began with the inconclusive Battle of the Wilderness in Spotsylvania County.