User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/May 4

May 4

 * 1471 - Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Tewkesbury – Edward IV defeats a Lancastrian Army and kills Edward, Prince of Wales.
 * 1855 - American adventurer William Walker departs from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer Nicaragua.
 * 1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Chancellorsville – The battle ends with a Union retreat.
 * 1869 - The Naval Battle of Hakodate takes place in Japan.
 * 1910 - The Royal Canadian Navy is created.
 * 1942 - World War II: Battle of the Coral Sea – The battle begins with the launch of attack aircraft from American and Japanese aircraft carriers.