Historical Events Happened In May - 02

1729  The birth of Catherine The Great on this day in history.  Share it »

1729  Catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96) on this day in history.  Share it »

1736  Albert Seba, Amsterdam pharmacist, dies at 71 on this day in history.  Share it »

1740  On this day in history elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found Amer Biblical Society  Share it »

1749  Empress Maria Theresa signs "Haugwitzschen State reform" on this day in history.  Share it »

1750  On this day in history carlo Goldoni's "La Botega di Caffè" premieres in Mantua  Share it »

1750  On this day in history carlo Goldoni's "La Botega di Caffè," premieres in Mantua  Share it »

1752  Ludwig August Lebrun, composer on this day in history.  Share it »

1754  Vicente Martin y Soler, composer on this day in history.  Share it »

1768  On this day in history jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist  Share it »

1772  Novalis, writer on this day in history.  Share it »

1776  France &Spain agree to donate arms to American rebels on this day in history.  Share it »

1776  France & Spain agreed to give weapons to American rebels on this day in history.  Share it »

1779  John Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd) on this day in history.  Share it »

1780  On this day in history william Herschel discovers first binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris  Share it »

1780  William Herschel discovers 1st binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris on this day in history.  Share it »

1799  Henri-Joseph Rigel, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  Share it »

1808  Uprising against French occupation begins in Madrid on this day in history.  Share it »

1810  On this day in history hans Christian Lumbye, composer  Share it »

1810  Rev. Dr. Henry Jerome de Salis, divine (b.1740) on this day in history.  Share it »

1816  Marriage of Léopold of Saxe-Coburg and Charlotte Augusta on this day in history.  Share it »

1817  Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer on this day in history.  Share it »

1818  Herman W Daendels, governor-gen of Guinea (1815-18), dies at 55 on this day in history.  Share it »

1821  Abram Sanders Piatt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1908 on this day in history.  Share it »

1824  Goethe visits Ettersberg (Buchenwald) on this day in history.  Share it »

1829  On this day in history after anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of the HMS Challenger, declares the Swan River Colony in Australia.  Share it »

1833  On this day in history czar Nicolas bans public sale of serfs  Share it »

1835  On this day in history hudson's Bay Company launches The Beaver, the first steamship on the British Columbia coast.  Share it »

1837  Henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order) on this day in history.  Share it »

1843  On this day in history carl Michael Ziehrer, composer  Share it »

1844  On this day in history elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents  Share it »

1845  Domingo Sarmiento publishes "Civilización y Barbarie" on this day in history.  Share it »

1845  On this day in history domingo Sarmiento publishes "Civilización y Barbarie"  Share it »

1845  August Pauly, German writer (Real Encyclopedia), dies at 48 on this day in history.  Share it »

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1360  Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1451  René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1458  Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1551  On this day in history birth of william Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales)  Share it »

1601  Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1660  Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1695  On this day in history birth of giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766)  Share it »

1702  On this day in history birth of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)  Share it »

0373  Death of Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298) on this day in history.  Share it »

0649  On this day in history maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies  Share it »

0756  Death of Emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701) on this day in history.  Share it »

0907  On this day in history death of boris I of Bulgaria  Share it »

1230  On this day in history death of william de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)  Share it »

1250  Death of Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered on this day in history.  Share it »

1300  On this day in history death of blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248)  Share it »

1450  Death of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396) on this day in history.  Share it »