| May 9th 1002 | | After trailing 9-0, St Louis Cards beat Atlanta Braves 12-11
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| May 9th 1092 | | Lincoln Cathedral consecrated
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| May 9th 1336 | | Italian poet Francesco Petrarca climbs Mont Ventoux
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| May 9th 1386 | | Treaty of Windsor between Portugal-England
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| May 9th 1460 | | Court yard episcopal palace Atrecht has witch burnings
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| May 9th 1502 | | Columbus left Spain on his 4th & final trip to New World
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| May 9th 1519 | | Austrian adel/burgerij in uprising against central government
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| May 9th 1573 | | Polish Parliament selects duke of Anjou as king
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| May 9th 1588 | | Duke Henri de Guises troops occupy Paris
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| May 9th 1671 | | Col Thomas Blood attempts to steal Crown Jewels
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| May 9th 1689 | | English King Willem III declares war on France
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| May 9th 1738 | | England routes fleet in Mediterranean Sea & West-Indies
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| May 9th 1753 | | King Louis XV disbands French parliament
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| May 9th 1754 | | 1st newspaper cartoon in America-divided snake "Join or Die"
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| May 9th 1766 | | John Byron back in England after trip around the world
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