Historical Events In May - 05

1382 Battle of Beverhoutsveld - population beats drunken army on this day in history.

1430 Jews are expelled from Speyer Germany on this day in history.

1494 Christopher Columbus first sights Jamaica on his 2nd voyage to the New World on this day in history.

1640 English Short Parliament unites on this day in history.

1646 On this day in history king Charles I surrenders at Scotland

1665 Nicolaas Witsen visits patriarch Nikon in Moscow on this day in history.

1726 On this day in history marie de Camargo (16) premieres at Opéra of Paris France

1749 Pope Benedict XIV proclaims 1750 a Year" [?] on this day in history.

1762 On this day in history russia & Prussia sign peace treaty

1764 On this day in history smolny-institution forms in St Petersburg for noble girls

1780 2nd oldest learned society in US (American Academy of Arts & Sciences) forms on this day in history.

1797 On this day in history napoleon I's sister Elisa marries Felix Bacciochi

1809 Citizenship is denied to Jews of Canton of Aargau Switzerland on this day in history.

1809 Mary Kies is first woman issued a US patent (weaving straw) on this day in history.

1809 On this day in history mary Kies of South Killingly, CT was the first woman to be issued a U.S. patent, she was granted a patent for the rights to a technique for weaving straw with silk and thread.

1814 British attack Fort Ontario, Oswego NY on this day in history.

1816 American Bible Society organized on this day in history.

1842 On this day in history city-wide fire burns for over 100 hours (Hamburg Germany)

1847 On this day in history the American Medical Association was organized in Philadelphia, PA.

1854 English pirate Plumridge robs along pro-English Finnish coast on this day in history.

1855 NYC regains Castle Clinton, to be used for immigration on this day in history.

1861 Alexandria VA - CS troops abandon city on this day in history.

1862 French army intervenes in Puebla México Cinco de Mayo on this day in history.

1862 Peninsular Campaign-Battle of Williamsburg VA on this day in history.

1863 Battle of Tupelo MS on this day in history.

1863 On this day in history joe Coburn KOs Mike McCoole for US boxing title in 63rd round

1864 Atlanta Campaign-5 days fighting begins at Rocky Face Ridge on this day in history.

1864 Battle between Confederate & Union ships at mouth of Roanoke on this day in history.

1864 On this day in history battle of Wilderness VA (Germanna Ford, Wilderness Tavern)

1867 Battle of Pueblo; Méxicans defeat Maximilian's forces (Cinco de Mayo) on this day in history.

1874 Dutch 2nd Chamber passes child labor law on this day in history.

1881 Anit-Jewish rioting in Kiev Ukraine on this day in history.

1891 Carnegie Hall opens in NYC with Tchaikovsky as guest conductor on this day in history.

1891 On this day in history new York City was the site of the dedication of a building called the Music Hall. The structure is not called the Music Hall anymore, it is called Carnegie Hall, named in honor of Andrew Carnegie.

1893 On this day in history panic of 1893 Great crash on New York Stock Exchange

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