28th April to 4th May

28th April
1789   Some of the crew of His Majesties Armed Vessel Bounty mutiny
1945   Italian dictator Mussolini executed by firing squad
1952   General Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Commander of NATO

29th April
1429   Joan of Arc, leading a relief army, enters the besieged city of Orleans
1982   Argentinian fleet splits into two groups to cover Falkland Islands
1982   British Vulcan bombers arrive at Ascension Island

30th April
1794   Battle of Boulou, French forces defeat Spanish in War of the First Coalition
1945   Adolf Hitler commits suicide in Berlin
1975   Saigon falls to Communist forces.

1st May
1778   Battle of Crooked Billet, British surprise and defeat sleeping American forces
1898   Battle of Manila Bay, US navy destroys Spanish Pacific fleet
1982   First Vulcan bomber raid on Argentinian held Port Stanley, Falkland Islands

2nd May
1863   Stonewall Jackson launches devastating flank attack at Chancellorsville
1863   Stonewall Jackson wounded by own side after reconnaissance trip
1982   HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentinian Cruiser, General Belgrano  

3rd May
1808   Swedish defenders in the Fortress of Sveaborg surrender to Russians

4th May
1471   Battle of Tewkesbury, House of York defeats House of Lancaster
1942   Battle of the Coral Sea, USS Yorktown attacks Japanese forces
1982   HMS Sheffield burnt out by Argentinian air launched Exocet missile