* Earliest day on which Store Bededag or General Prayer Day can fall, while May 13 is the latest ; observed on the 4th Friday after Easter day.

* Beacon Lodge No. 9425 was consecrated on the 15 February 1991, it currently meets on the third Tuesday in February, April, October & December, and the 4th Tuesday in May

4th edition, May 1873

The 4th edition of Gamma World ( ISBN 1-56076-401-5 ) was a 192-page softcover book, written by Bruce Nesmith and James M. Ward, published in May 1992 by TSR.

Alexander was then in February 1928 promoted to colonel ( backdated to 14 May 1926 ) and was the next month appointed Officer Commanding the Irish Guards Regimental District and 140th ( 4th London ) Infantry Brigade in the Territorial Army a post he held until January 1930, when he again returned to study, attending the Imperial Defence College for one year.

Reverently to be made for universal free distribution by Wang Jie on behalf of his two parents on the 13th of the 4th moon of the 9th year of Xiantong 11th May, AD 868

On May 4th, the Dutch hold the Remembrance of the Dead for the people who fought and died during World War II, and in wars in general.

* 1814 – King Ferdinand VII of Spain signs the Decrete of the 4th of May, returning Spain to absolutism.

* May 25 – John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal ( b. 1719 )

* May 16 – Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat and politician ( b. 1718 )

* May 5 – Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English murderer ( hanged ) ( b. 1720 )

* May 15, 1036 ( Chōgen 9, 17th day of the 4th month )

On May 4th 2012 it completed a circumnavigation of the Earth in Monaco after 585 days and visiting 28 different countries, without using any fossil fuel.

* May 15 – Mary, Queen of Scots, marries James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell.

* May 16 – Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman ( b. 1607 )

* May 17 – Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat and politician ( d. 1778 )

" He died on May 10, 1849 ( 18th day of the 4th month of the 2nd year of the Kaei era by the old calendar ), and was buried at the Seikyō-ji in Tokyo ( Taito Ward ).

The negative reaction culminated in the May 4th Incident which occurred on that day in 1919.

Although the revolution did elicit interest among Chinese intellectuals, socialist revolution in China was not considered a viable option until after the May 4th Incident.

( Mott's 4th Division was discontinued on May 13 and its brigades were distributed to other divisions in the corps.

On May 18, a new 4th Division was constituted with reinforcements of heavy artillery regiments from Washington, D. C., under the command of Brig.

Gen. George Crook's column of ten companies ( A, B, C, D, E, F, G, I, L, and M ) of the 3rd Cavalry, five ( A, B, D, E, and I ) of the 2nd Cavalry, two companies ( D and F ) of the 4th Infantry, and three companies ( C, G, and H ) of the 9th Infantry, moved north from Fort Fetterman in the Wyoming Territory on May 29, marching toward the Powder River area.

* 4th son: Prince Roland Napoleon Bonaparte ( 19 May 1858-14 April 1924 ).

* Hao, Zhidong, " May 4th and June 4th Compared: A Sociological Study of Chinese Social Movements.

* 1932 – The May 15 Incident: in an attempted Coup d ' état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is killed.

* 1969 – Race riots, later known as the May 13 Incident, take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

* May 13 – May 13 Incident: Race riots occur in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

* May 3 – Jinan Incident, an armed conflict between the Japanese Imperial Army allied with Northern Chinese warlords against the Kuomintang's southern army, occurs in Jinan, China.

* May 15 – Japanese troops leave Shanghai ; the May 15 Incident, the assassination of Japanese prime minister Tsuyoshi Inukai, occurs.

* May 11 – Otsu Incident: Tsesarevich Nikolay Alexandrovich ( the future Czar Nicholas II ) of Russia survives an assassination attempt while visiting Japan.

Sometimes the anti-Chinese attitudes turn violent, such as the May 13 Incident in Malaysia in 1969 and the Jakarta riots of May 1998 in Indonesia, in which more than 2, 000 people died, mostly rioters burned to death in a shopping mall.

This analysis has been questioned by some historians, most notably Dr. Kua Kia Soong, the principal of New Era College, who has put forward the controversial argument that the May 13 Incident was a pre-meditated attempt by sections of the ruling Malay elite to incite racial hostility in preparation for a coup.

Liu worked with Li Lisan in Shanghai in 1925, organizing Communist activity following the May Thirtieth Incident.

In the 1970s, the Malaysian government implemented policies which The Economist called " racially discriminatory " designed to favour bumiputras ( including affirmative action in public education ) to create opportunities, and to defuse inter-ethnic tensions following the extended violence against Chinese Malaysians in the 13 May Incident in 1969.

After the 13 May Incident in 1969, representatives within the government argued over whether the special position of the bumiputras ought to have a sunset clause.

The seizure in 1775 of the Virginia Colony's gunpowder supply in Williamsburg on orders of the Royal Governor, in what became known as the Gunpowder Incident, prompted the Westmoreland Committee of Safety to convene at the Court House on May 23, 1775.

Inukai's struggle against the military led to his assassination during the May 15 Incident of 1932, which effectively marked the end of civilian political control over government decisions until after World War II.

Following the assassination of Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi on May 15, 1932 by fanatical navy officers who thought Inukai far too conciliatory ( the May 15 Incident ), Prince Saionji Kinmochi, one of the Emperor's closest and strongest advisors, attempted to stop the slide towards a military take-over of the government.

The war was ended with Komura's signature on behalf of the Japanese government of the Treaty of Portsmouth, which was highly unpopular in Japan, leading to the Hibiya Incendiary Incident < ref name =" nyt1905 ">" Japan's Present Crisis and Her Constitution ; The Mikado's Ministers Will Be Held Responsible by the People for the Peace Treaty -- Marquis Ito May Be Able to Save Baron Komura ," New York Times.

* La Paz Incident, occurred in May 1863 at the ghost town of La Paz in Confederate Arizona and was the westernmost confrontation of the American Civil War

In March 1928, the Japanese police began a campaign to harass and destroy the JCP, beginning with the May 15 Incident.

* Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident ( May 2002 )