10th » First Coalition: Napoleon I of France wins a Battle of Lodi decisive victory against Habsburg Empire Austrian forces at Lodi, Lombardy Lodi bridge over the Adda River in Italy. The Austrians lose some 2,000 men.
14th » Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination.
15th » First Coalition: Napoleon enters Milan in triumph.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1796
4th » Horace Mann, American educator and politician (d. 1859)
4th » William H. Prescott, American historian and scholar (d. 1859)