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  • Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    May, 1754
    George Washington

    George decided to take a offensive

    Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    May, 1754

    Washington set out for the Forks with half the regiment in April but soon learned a French force of 1,000 had begun construction of Fort Duquesne there. In May, having set up a defensive position at Great Meadows, he learned that the French had made camp seven miles (11 km) away; he decided to take the offensive.




  • Pennsylvania, U.S.
    Tuesday May 28, 1754
    George Washington

    Battle of Jumonville Glen

    Pennsylvania, U.S.
    Tuesday May 28, 1754

    The Battle of Jumonville Glen, also known as the Jumonville affair, was the opening battle of the French and Indian War, fought on May 28, 1754, near present-day Hopwood and Uniontown in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. A company of colonial militia from Virginia under the command of Lieutenant Colonel George Washington, and a small number of Mingo warriors led by Tanacharison (also known as "Half King"), ambushed a force of 35 Canadiens under the command of Joseph Coulon de Villiers de Jumonville.




  • Milan
    Thursday May 23, 1754

    Andrea Appiani Birth

    Milan
    Thursday May 23, 1754

    The Italian royal painter, Andrea Appiani, was born in Milan in 1754.




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