Historical Events Happened In May - 01

1852  On this day in history calamity [Martha] Jane [Burke], frontier adventurer/indian fighter  Share it »

1853  On this day in history argentina adopts it's constitution  Share it »

1854  Amsterdam begins transferring drinking water out of the dunes on this day in history.  Share it »

1857  On this day in history william Walker, conqueror of Nicaragua, surrenders to US Navy  Share it »

1858  On this day in history anthony Johnson Showalter, composer  Share it »

1859  Bohuslav Jeremias, composer on this day in history.  Share it »

1861  Lee orders Confederate troops under T J Jackson to Harper's Ferry on this day in history.  Share it »

1862  On this day in history union captain David Farragut conquers New Orleans  Share it »

1863  On this day in history battle of Chancellorsville VA (29,000 injured or died)  Share it »

1863  On this day in history battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi  Share it »

1863  On this day in history confederate "National Flag" replaces "Stars &Bars"  Share it »

1863  Confederate congress passed resolution to kill black soldiers on this day in history.  Share it »

1863  Battle of Chancellorsville, VA (29,000 injured or died) on this day in history.  Share it »

1863  Edward Dorr Tracy, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 29 on this day in history.  Share it »

1864  On this day in history atlanta campaign, Georgia  Share it »

1864  Battle at Alexandria LA (Red River Campaign) on this day in history.  Share it »

1864  Wilderness campaign on this day in history.  Share it »

1864  -8] Battle at Alexandria, Louisiana (Red River Campaign) on this day in history.  Share it »

1866  American Equal Rights Association forms on this day in history.  Share it »

1867  Reconstruction of South begins, black voter registration on this day in history.  Share it »

1867  Howard University chartered on this day in history.  Share it »

1869  On this day in history "Folies-Bergère" opens in Paris France  Share it »

1869  A colt is reported killed by a meteorite near New Concord OH on this day in history.  Share it »

1869  Folies Bergere opens in Paris on this day in history.  Share it »

1870  On this day in history francisco Solano Lopez, fieldmarshal/president of Paraguay  Share it »

1872  Amalia, princess of Weimar/wife of prince Hendrik the Navigator, dies on this day in history.  Share it »

1873  Emperor Franz Jozef opens 5th World's Fair in Wien (Vienna) on this day in history.  Share it »

1873  The first US postal card issued on this day in history.  Share it »

1873  1st US postal card issued on this day in history.  Share it »

1873  David Livingstone, British physician/explorer (Africa), dies at 60 on this day in history.  Share it »

1874  Vilem Blodek, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.  Share it »

1875  On this day in history 238 members of "Whiskey Ring" accused of anti-US activities  Share it »

1880  Conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Tantum dic verbo) on this day in history.  Share it »

1881  Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, France, philosopher/paleontologist on this day in history.  Share it »

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1218  On this day in history birth of john I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257)  Share it »

1218  On this day in history birth of rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291)  Share it »

1238  On this day in history birth of magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80)  Share it »

1285  Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1493  On this day in history birth of phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10)  Share it »

1545  On this day in history birth of franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist  Share it »

1567  On this day in history birth of michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter  Share it »

1577  Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer was born on this day in history.  Share it »

0408  On this day in history death of arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338)  Share it »

1118  On this day in history death of edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080)  Share it »

1171  Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies on this day in history.  Share it »

1240  On this day in history death of jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals  Share it »

1277  Stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies on this day in history.  Share it »

1308  On this day in history death of albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered  Share it »

1447  On this day in history louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies  Share it »

1456  Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies on this day in history.  Share it »