Historical Events In May - 19
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
1864 On May - 19 skirmish at Cassville GA
1864 On this day in history battle of Port Walthall Junction, VA (Bermuda Hundred)
1864 On this day in history carl Ethan Akeley, US, naturalist, devoleped animal mount process
1864 Nathaniel Hawthorne, US, writer (Scarlet Letter), dies on this day in history.
1865 President Jefferson Davis is captured by Union Cavalry in Georgia on this day in history.
1869 Jules Poncelet, Belgian minister of State on May - 19.
1872 Johan van Dale, schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Wordbook), dies at 44 on May - 19.
1873 On May - 19 federico Gerdes, composer
1874 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1878 On this day in history blanche Kelso Bruce appointed register of treasury by Pres Garfield
1878 Adam von Ahn Carse, composer on this day in history.
1879 Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, US/Eng's feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor on May - 19.
1880 Allard R Hulshoff, architect of Amsterdam (1924) on this day in history.
1882 Commodore Shufeldt (USS Swatara) lands in Korea to negotiate first treaty between Korea and Western power on May - 19.
1883 Henricus WJM Keuls, Dutch lawyer/poet (Dancing Lamp) on May - 19.
1884 Ringling Brothers circus premieres on May - 19.
1884 Arthur Meulemans, Belgian composer (Adriaan Brouwer) (or 5/10) on May - 19.
1885 On May - 19 german chancellor Bismarck takes possession of Cameroon &Togoland
1885 On May - 19 the first mass production of shoes (Jan Matzeliger in Lynn MA)
1885 1st mass production of shoes (Jan Matzeliger in Lynn, Massachusetts) on May - 19.
1886 Camille Saint-Saëns' 3rd Symphony in C, premieres on this day in history.
1890 On this day in history the birth of Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese leader, after whom Saigon was renamed
1890 Ho Chi Minh, trail blazer/leader of Vietnam (1946, 1969) on May - 19.
1890 On May - 19 gus Kempis, cricketer (S Africa's 1st Test), dies of fever at 24
1891 On May - 19 rice Institute, which became Rice University, is chartered
1892 Charles Brady King invents pneumatic hammer on this day in history.
1892 National Society of Colonial Dames of America founded on May - 19.
1892 On this day in history konstatin G Paustovski, Russian author (Povestj Zjizni) [OS]
1893 On this day in history heavy rain washes "quick clay" into a deep valley, kills 111 (Norway)
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 this day in history jose J Marti y Perez, Spanish/Cuban poet (Versos sencillos), dies
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