★★★★★
Battle of Puebla
Mexican forces defeat a French expeditionary army at Puebla, a victory later commemorated as Cinco de Mayo.
War· Mexico, France
- 1862
- 1821★★★★★
Death of Napoleon on Saint Helena
Napoleon Bonaparte dies in exile on the South Atlantic island of Saint Helena.
Death· France - 1818★★★★★
Birth of Karl Marx
Karl Marx, the influential philosopher and economic and political theorist, is born in Trier, Prussia.
Birth· Germany