Historical Events In June - 05

1863  CSS "Alabama" captures the "Tailsman" in the Mid Atlantic on this day in history.   

1863  Battle of Franklin's Crossing, VA (Deep Run) on June - 05.   

1863  On June - 05 arthur Somervell, composer   

1864  Battle of Piedmont, VA (Augusta City) on June - 05.   

1864  On this day in history william Edmonson "Grumble" Jones, Conf brig-gen, dies in battle at 39   

1868  Anselm Huttenbrenner, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1869  On June - 05 3rd Belmont: C Miller aboard Fenian wins in 3:04.25   

1870  On June - 05 constantinople in fire; 900 die   

1872  Republican National Convention meets (Phila) on this day in history.   

1873  Sultan Bargash closes slave market of Zanzibar on June - 05.   

1874  Jack Chesbro, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees on June - 05.   

1875  On this day in history pacific Stock Exchange formally opens   

1876  Bananas become popular in US, at Centennial Exposition in Phila on June - 05.   

1877  Johan W Albarda, 1st Dutch socialist minister (1939-45) on this day in history.   

1878  On June - 05 the birth of Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary   

1878  Franklyn Farnum, actor (Cowboy & Bandit, Scarlet Car, Frontier Days) on June - 05.   

1879  13th Belmont: George Evans aboard Spendthrift wins in 2:42.75 on this day in history.   

1879  On this day in history adolf Wiklund, composer   

1880  Jacobus J Cremer, painter/author (Betuwsche Novellen), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1882  On June - 05 the birth of Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer and conductor   

1882  Storm & floods hits Bombay; about 100,000 die on June - 05.   

1882  On June - 05 igor F Stravinsky, Oranienbaum Russia, composer (Rite of Spring) [OS]   

1883  On June - 05 john Maynard Keynes, Cambridge England, economist/math/journalist   

1884  On June - 05 william Sherman refuses Republican presidential nomination saying "I will not accept if nominated & will not serve if elected"   

1884  On this day in history ivy Compton-Burnett, novelist   

1885  On this day in history j Palisa discovers asteroid #248 Lameia   

1885  Georges Mandel, [Louis Rothschild], French Foreign minister (-1940) on June - 05.   

1885  Julius Benedict, composer (Protoghesi), dies at 80 on June - 05.   

1886  20th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Inspector B wins in 2:41 on this day in history.   

1887  Ruth Benedict, US, anthropologist (Patterns of Culture) on this day in history.   

1888  Democrats nominate Grover Cleveland for president on June - 05.   

1888  On June - 05 raden Mas Nato Suroto, Indonesia, poet (Melatiknoppen)   

1892  On this day in history alexander Loudon, diplomat (Washington)   

1894  On this day in history immanuel Faisst, composer, dies at 70   

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1341  On this day in history birth of edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (d. 1402)   

1493  On this day in history birth of justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (d. 1555)   

1523  On this day in history birth of margaret of France, Duchess of Berry (d. 1573)   

1553  On June - 05 birth of bernardino Baldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1617)   

1554  Elisabeth of Austria, queen consort of France (d. 1592) was born on June - 05.   

1640  Pu Songling, Chinese writer (d. 1715) was born on June - 05.   

1646  Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician (d. 1684) was born on this day in history.   

1660  On June - 05 birth of sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (d. 1744)   

0535  On this day in history death of epiphanius of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople   

0754  On June - 05 boniface, [Winfrid], English saint/archbishop (Dokkum), dies at 79   

1017  On this day in history death of emperor Sanjō of Japan (b. 976)   

1118  Death of Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester on June - 05.   

1288  On June - 05 hendrik VI, earl of Luxembourg/Laroche (1281-88), dies in battle   

1296  On June - 05 death of edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (b. 1245)   

1383  On this day in history death of dmitry Konstantinovich, Russian prince (b. 1324)   

1443  On June - 05 ferdinand, Portuguese saint/slave to Fez, dies