Historical Events In May - 19

1864  On this day in history skirmish at Cassville GA   

1864  On May - 19 battle of Port Walthall Junction, VA (Bermuda Hundred)   

1864  Carl Ethan Akeley, US, naturalist, devoleped animal mount process on this day in history.   

1864  Nathaniel Hawthorne, US, writer (Scarlet Letter), dies on May - 19.   

1865  President Jefferson Davis is captured by Union Cavalry in Georgia on May - 19.   

1869  On May - 19 jules Poncelet, Belgian minister of State   

1872  Johan van Dale, schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Wordbook), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1873  On this day in history federico Gerdes, composer   

1874  On May - 19 gilbert Laird Jessop, cricketer (The Croucher)   

1876  On May - 19 guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian/politician, dies at 74   

1878  Blanche Kelso Bruce appointed register of treasury by President Garfield on May - 19.   

1878  Blanche Kelso Bruce appointed register of treasury by Pres Garfield on May - 19.   

1878  On May - 19 adam von Ahn Carse, composer   

1879  Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, US/Eng's feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor on this day in history.   

1880  On this day in history allard R Hulshoff, architect of Amsterdam (1924)   

1882  On May - 19 commodore Shufeldt (USS Swatara) lands in Korea to negotiate first treaty between Korea and Western power   

1883  On May - 19 henricus WJM Keuls, Dutch lawyer/poet (Dancing Lamp)   

1884  On May - 19 ringling Brothers circus premieres   

1884  Arthur Meulemans, Belgian composer (Adriaan Brouwer) (or 5/10) on this day in history.   

1885  On this day in history german chancellor Bismarck takes possession of Cameroon &Togoland   

1885  On May - 19 the first mass production of shoes (Jan Matzeliger in Lynn MA)   

1885  On this day in history 1st mass production of shoes (Jan Matzeliger in Lynn, Massachusetts)   

1886  Camille Saint-Saëns' 3rd Symphony in C, premieres on May - 19.   

1890  On this day in history the birth of Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese leader, after whom Saigon was renamed   

1890  On May - 19 ho Chi Minh, trail blazer/leader of Vietnam (1946, 1969)   

1890  On May - 19 gus Kempis, cricketer (S Africa's 1st Test), dies of fever at 24   

1891  Rice Institute, which became Rice University, is chartered on May - 19.   

1892  On this day in history charles Brady King invents pneumatic hammer   

1892  National Society of Colonial Dames of America founded on May - 19.   

1892  Konstatin G Paustovski, Russian author (Povestj Zjizni) [OS] on this day in history.   

1893  Heavy rain washes "quick clay" into a deep valley, kills 111 (Norway) on May - 19.   

1893  Heavy rain wash "quick clay" into a deep valley, kills 111 (Norway) on May - 19.   

1895  Albert Hay Malotte, composer on this day in history.   

1895  On May - 19 jose J Marti y Perez, Spanish/Cuban poet (Versos sencillos), dies   

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1469  Giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor was born on May - 19.   

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

1616  Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer was born on May - 19.   

1700  On this day in history birth of josé de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770)   

1724  Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779) was born on this day in history.   

1744  On May - 19 birth of charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818)   

1746  Johann Friedrich Peter, composer was born on May - 19.   

1755  On May - 19 birth of gabriele Prota, composer   

0804  On this day in history alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69   

0988  Dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies on May - 19.   

1125  On this day in history death of vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053)   

1296  On this day in history celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies   

1319  Death of Louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276) on May - 19.   

1389  Death of Dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350) on May - 19.   

1526  Death of Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464) on May - 19.   

1531  On this day in history death of jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456)