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Historical Events In May - 19

Tuesday, 19 March 2024

1780  On this day in history about midday, near-total darkness descends on much of New England to this day its cause is still unexplained  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1780  About midday, near-total darkness descends on much of New England to this day it's cause is still unexplained on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1786  John Stanley, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1792  Russian army enters Poland on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1793  On May - 19 netherlands captures French island of St Maarten (held until 1795)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1795  Johns Hopkins, philanthropist, founded Johns Hopkins University on May - 19.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1795  On this day in history josiah Bartlett, US physician/judge (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 65  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1796  On this day in history game protection law restricts encroachment on Indian hunting grounds  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1800  On this day in history french Bosbeeck, veterinarian/robber, hanged  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1801  Herman H Vitringa, politician (National Meetings), dies on May - 19.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1802  On May - 19 napoleon creates the "Legion d'honneur" , the most prestigious French award  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1802  On May - 19 the Legion of Honor (Légion d'Honneur) created by Bonaparte gives him a tool comparable to the orders of knighthood so that he may avoid criticism of his government by keeping his courtiers busy with matters of etiquette and protocol  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1802  French Order of Legion d'Honneur forms on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1808  On this day in history samuel Jameson Gholson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1883  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1812  Felix Kirk Zollicoffer, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 on May - 19.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1815  John Gross Barnard, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1882 on May - 19.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1828  On this day in history u.S. President John Quincy Adams signs the Tariff of 1828 into law, protecting wool manufacturers in the United States.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1828  On this day in history adin Ballou Underwood, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1839  On May - 19 alice Mary Smith, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1845  Maria EJ Versfelt, mistress of general Moreau/marshal Ney, dies at 68 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1848  México gives Texas to US, ending the war on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1848  1st department store opens on May - 19.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1853  Dutch prince Henry marries princess Amalia of Saxony-Weimar on May - 19.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1856  On this day in history senator Charles Sumner, Massachusetts, spoke out against slavery  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1856  Sen Charles Sumner, Mass, spoke out against slavery on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1857  On May - 19 william Francis Channing &Moses G Farmer patents electric fire alarm  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1857  On May - 19 william Francis Channing & Moses G Farmer patents electric fire alarm  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1858  Roland Napoleon Bonaparte, French officer/traveller (Surinam) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1859  Nellie Melba, [Heal Mitchell], Australian soprano (Peach Melba) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1860  Victor E Orlando, Italy's premier (1917-19) on May - 19.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1862  On May - 19 homestead Act becomes law provides cheap land for settlement of West  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1863  On May - 19 siege of Vicksburg, investment of city complete  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1864  Battle of Port Walthall Junction VA (Bermuda Hundred) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1864  Last engagement in series of battles known as Spotsylvania on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In May - 19

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1469  On this day in history birth of giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1611  On this day in history birth of innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1616  Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer was born on May - 19.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1700  On May - 19 birth of josé de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1724  On this day in history birth of augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1744  Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1746  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Peter, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1755  On this day in history birth of gabriele Prota, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In May - 19

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0804  On May - 19 alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0988  On this day in history dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1125  Death of Vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1296  On May - 19 celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1319  Death of Louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276) on May - 19.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1389  Death of Dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350) on May - 19.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1526  On May - 19 death of emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1531  Death of Jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456) on May - 19.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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