Historical Events Happened In May - 02

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

1740 Elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found Amer Biblical Society on this day in history. Share it »

1749 On this day in history empress Maria Theresa signs "Haugwitzschen State reform" Share it »

1750 Carlo Goldoni's "La Botega di Caffè" premieres in Mantua on this day in history. Share it »

1750 Carlo Goldoni's "La Botega di Caffè," premieres in Mantua on this day in history. Share it »

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

1754 On this day in history vicente Martin y Soler, composer Share it »

1768 Jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist on this day in history. Share it »

1772 On this day in history novalis, writer Share it »

1776 On this day in history france &Spain agree to donate arms to American rebels Share it »

1776 On this day in history france & Spain agreed to give weapons to American rebels Share it »

1779 On this day in history john Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd) Share it »

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

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

1799 On this day in history henri-Joseph Rigel, composer, dies at 58 Share it »

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

1810 Hans Christian Lumbye, composer on this day in history. Share it »

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

1816 On this day in history marriage of Léopold of Saxe-Coburg and Charlotte Augusta. 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 Czar Nicolas bans public sale of serfs on this day in history. Share it »

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

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

1843 Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer on this day in history. Share it »

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

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

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

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

1846 Zygmunt Noskowski, composer on this day in history. Share it »

1847 Sabbath famine 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 On this day in history birth of leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525) Share it »

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

1601 On this day in history birth of athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern) 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 Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782) was born on this day in history. Share it »

1230 Death of William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197) on this day in history. Share it »

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

1300 Death of Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248) on this day in history. Share it »

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

1459 Pierozzi Antoninus, Italian archbishop of Florence/saint, dies on this day in history. Share it »

1488 On this day in history jacob van Horne, Burgundy statesman, dies Share it »

1519 Leonardo Da Vinci, artist/scientist, dies at 67 on this day in history. Share it »

1564 On this day in history death of cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (b. 1500) Share it »