Historical Events Happened In May - 02

1846  On this day in history zygmunt Noskowski, composer  Share it »

1847  Sabbath famine on this day in history.  Share it »

1849  On this day in history david H Chasse, baron/gen (fought Napoleon at Waterloo), dies at 84  Share it »

1853  Franconi's Hippodrome opens (NYC) on this day in history.  Share it »

1853  On this day in history marie Verstraete, actress (Louise-Frou Frou)  Share it »

1855  Theodore Moses Tobani, composer on this day in history.  Share it »

1857  Frederic Cliffe, composer on this day in history.  Share it »

1857  LC Alfred the Musset, French poet (Lesson caprices Marianne), dies on this day in history.  Share it »

1859  Eugene D'Harcourt, composer on this day in history.  Share it »

1860  D'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist (On Growth & Form) on this day in history.  Share it »

1862  On this day in history marie F M Emmanuel, French composer/musicologist (Salamine)  Share it »

1863  Stonewall Jackson attacks Chancellorsville VA, wounded by his own men; South defeats North on this day in history.  Share it »

1863  On this day in history south defeats North in Battle of Chancellorsville, Va  Share it »

1864  Giacomo Meyerbeer, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  Share it »

1865  President Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis on this day in history.  Share it »

1865  Pres Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis on this day in history.  Share it »

1866  Peruvian defenders fight off Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao on this day in history.  Share it »

1869  On this day in history tyrone Power Sr, London England, actor (Alexanders Ragtime Band)  Share it »

1872  On this day in history g G van der Hoeven, Dutch editor-in-chief (NRC)  Share it »

1876  Ross Barnes hit first homerun in the National League on this day in history.  Share it »

1876  On this day in history ross Barnes hit 1st home run in National League  Share it »

1878  US stops minting 20¢ coin on this day in history.  Share it »

1878  US stops minting 20 cent coin on this day in history.  Share it »

1881  Portage La Prairie Manitoba, Canadian Pacific Railway starts building its prairie section of track; first sod turned for the CPR as a company line; first rail also laid at Fort William on this day in history.  Share it »

1884  On this day in history francois de Vries, Dutch economist  Share it »

1885  On this day in history "Good Housekeeping" magazine is first published  Share it »

1885  On this day in history congo Free State established by King Leopold II of Belgium  Share it »

1885  On this day in history "Good Housekeeping" magazine is 1st published  Share it »

1886  On this day in history gottfried Benn, writer  Share it »

1887  On this day in history g Rossini's corpse transfered to Santa Croce, Florence  Share it »

1887  Hannibal W Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film on this day in history.  Share it »

1887  On this day in history edward Collins, NY, Hall of Fame baseball infielder (White Sox, A's)  Share it »

1889  On this day in history abyssinian emperor Menelik II/Italy signs Treaty of Wichale  Share it »

1890  Territory of Oklahoma created 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  On this day in history birth of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)  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 »

0373  On this day in history death of athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)  Share it »

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

0756  On this day in history death of emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)  Share it »

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

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

1250  On this day in history death of toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered  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 »