Amy Johnson began the first solo flight by a woman between England and Australia. I surrender to Scots at Newark, England. Russia and Prussia sign Treaty of St Petersburg, under which Russia restores all conquests and forms defensive and offensive alliance. Three First Fleet vessels, Scarborough, Charlotte and Lady Penrhyn, leave New South Wales for England. France's Napoleon Bonaparte dies in exile on island of St Helena.
British troops take over Rangoon, Burma.
Mexican army defeats invading French forces in the Battle of Puebla. May 5 is now Mexico's National Day. In the American Civil War, the Confederates with 32,000 men succeeded in blocking 40,000 Union troops at the battle of Williamsburg. Melbourne's first electric trams begin running, from St Kilda to Brighton. New Zealand pilot J J Hammond makes first flight over Sydney.