May 15 in History
15 May in History – 76 years ago
Southern Asia 1948: End of Mandatory Palestine
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starts
1988
Soviet Union withdraws from Afghanistan
1972
US restores Ryukyu Islands to Japan
starts
1971
Sadat purges pro-Soviet figures in Egypt
ends
1948
Jews mount insurgency against British in Palestine
1948
British Mandate over Palestine ends
1948
Arab League declares war on Israel
starts
1948
Egyptian and Saudi forces attack Israel from south
starts
1948
Transjordan captures East Jerusalem
starts
1948
Iraqis attack Israel in Samaria
starts
1948
Syria attacks Israel, but soon stalemates
starts
1947
UN Special Committee investigates situation in Palestine
ends
1942
Japanese conquer Burma
starts
1942
Japan conducts Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign against China
1919
Greeks land at Smyrna
1914
Saudis recognize Ottoman suzerainty
1912
Expansion of Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec
starts
1902
Ovimbundu uprising in Portuguese Angola
1902
British and Ethiopians define Sudan border
ends
1895
British occupy Corinto in response to Nicaraguan annexation of Mosquito Reserve
ends
1872
Te Kooti wages guerrilla war in eastern North Island
1860
Garibaldi’s Redshirts defeat Two Sicilies at Calatafimi
1849
Neapolitan forces enter Palermo
ends
1849
Los Altos briefly independent
1848
King Ferdinand II declares martial law in Naples
ends
1848
Insurrections in France after left-wing defeat at polls
starts
1845
Renewed Albanian uprising against Ottoman reforms*
starts
1815
Austrians conclusively defeat Naples at San Germano
392
Valentinian II found hanged
ends
281
Bonosus in revolt in Lower Germania*
ends
247
Persians expel Kushans from Central Asia*
*Actual date uncertain; set to 15 May for purposes of Omniatlas
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