Historical Events In May - 19

1896  First automobile (Benz) to arrive in Netherlands on May - 19.  

1896  1st auto (Benz) to arrive in Netherlands on May - 19.  

1896  On this day in history michael Balcon, Birmingham England, producer/father of Jill Balcon  

1897  On May - 19 oscar Wilde is released from Reading Gaol.  

1898  Post Office authorizes use of postcards on this day in history.  

1899  Leonid Maksimovich Leonov, novelist/playwright on May - 19.  

1900  On this day in history great Britain annexes Tonga archipelago  

1901  Ivo Cruz, composer on this day in history.  

1901  On this day in history marthinus Wessels Pretorius, 1st pres Rep South-Africa, dies at 81  

1902  Great Britain &Boers resume peace talks in Pretoria on May - 19.  

1902  On May - 19 great Britain & Boers resume peace talks in Pretoria  

1903  Arthur Shrewsbury, cricketer (1277 runs at 35 47 in 23 Tests), dies on May - 19.  

1904  On this day in history anthony Bushell, Kent England, actor (Journey's End)  

1905  Italian King Victor Emmanuel &Swiss President open world's longest railroad tunnel (Simplon) links Iselle Italy &Brig Switzerland on May - 19.  

1905  Tom Jenkins beats Frank Gotcha for heavyweight wrestling champ on this day in history.  

1906  On this day in history federated Boys' Club (Boys' Club of America) organizes  

1906  Portugal's King Carlos I names Joao Franco premier on May - 19.  

1906  The last British soldiers leave Canada on this day in history.  

1906  Dutch King Victor Emmanuel & Swiss president open Simplon tunnel on May - 19.  

1909  On this day in history jack Johnson fights Jack O'Brien to no decision in 6 for boxing title  

1909  On May - 19 bruce Bennett, Tacoma Wash, actor (Before I Hang, Sahara)  

1910  On this day in history cleve Indian Cy Young gets his 500th win, beats Wash 5-4 in 11 innings  

1910  Alan Melville, cricketer (graceful South African batsman 1938-49) on this day in history.  

1911  On this day in history maurice Ravels opera "L'Heure Espagnole," premieres in Paris  

1912  American League president Ban Johnson tells Tigers if they continue protest of Ty Cobb's suspension, they will be banned from baseball on this day in history.  

1912  Navy establishes North Atlantic Ice Patrol following RMS Titanic disaster on May - 19.  

1912  On this day in history aL Pres Ban Johnson tells Tigers if they continue protest of Ty Cobb's suspension, they will be banned from baseball  

1913  On May - 19 webb Alien Land-Holding Bill passes, forbidding Japs from owning land  

1913  Albert Hardy, photographer on this day in history.  

1915  Australians repel major Turkish attack on their positions at Gallipoli on May - 19.  

1915  On this day in history death on Gallipoli of Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick of "Simpson and his donkey" fame  

1915  On May - 19 lance Corporal Albert Jacka, 14th Battalion, AIF, becomes the first Australian to win a Victoria Cross in World War One for his action at Gallipoli, Turkey  

1916  On this day in history escadrille Américaine (Lafayette) transfered to Verdun  

1916  Escadrille Américaine (Lafayette) transfered to Verdun on this day in history.  

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1469  On this day in history birth of giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor  

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 this day in history 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  Alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69 on this day in history.  

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

1125  Death of Vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053) on this day in history.  

1296  Celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies on this day in history.  

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

1389  On May - 19 death of dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350)  

1526  On May - 19 death of emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464)  

1531  Death of Jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456) on this day in history.