1469CE
Birth
Niccolò Machiavelli born
Italian philosopher and writer Niccolò Machiavelli is born in Florence, Italy. He would later become famous for his political treatise, 'The Prince'.
Daily Chronicle
May 3
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1937CE
Culture
Gone with the Wind wins Pulitzer
Author Margaret Mitchell wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her highly popular Civil War novel, 'Gone with the Wind'.
1947CE
Politics
Postwar Japanese Constitution enacted
Japan's postwar constitution goes into effect, establishing a constitutional monarchy and renouncing the country's right to wage war.