Historical Events Happened In May - 24

1895 Henry Irving becomes 1st theatrical knight on this day in history. Share it »

1895 On this day in history h S T L "Stork" Hendry, cricketer (Australian all-rounder post-WWI) Share it »

1895 Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter, dies at 73 on this day in history. Share it »

1898 On this day in history kathleen Hale, British children book writer/illustrator (Orlando) Share it »

1899 On this day in history the first auto repair shop opens in Boston Share it »

1899 1st auto repair shop opens (Boston) on this day in history. Share it »

1899 On this day in history suzanne Lenglen, France, Wimbledon tennis champion (6-times) Share it »

1900 On this day in history australians cross Vaal River in South Africa Share it »

1900 Britain annexes Orange Free State on this day in history. Share it »

1900 34th Belmont: Nash Turner aboard Ildrim wins in 2:21¼ on this day in history. Share it »

1901 Seventy-eight miners die in the Caerphilly pit disaster in South Wales on this day in history. Share it »

1902 On this day in history empire Day first celebrated in Britain Share it »

1902 Empire Day 1st celebrated in Britain on this day in history. Share it »

1903 On this day in history aram Katchaturian, Armenian composer, (Earth) Share it »

1904 On this day in history george Formby, [William Booth], Brit singer/comic (Let George Do It) Share it »

1905 39th Belmont: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Tanya wins in 2:08 on this day in history. Share it »

1905 Mikhail Sholokhov, USSR, writer (And Quiet Flows the Don, Nobel 1965) on this day in history. Share it »

1906 On this day in history edmund Sargant, solicitor Share it »

1908 On this day in history belgium Catholic socialist/liberal parliamentary election Share it »

1908 Kresimir Fribec, composer on this day in history. Share it »

1909 Bristol University granted Royal Charter on this day in history. Share it »

1909 On this day in history guillermo Diaz-Plaja, Spanish literary/poet (Lorca) Share it »

1910 On this day in history margers Zarins, composer Share it »

1912 Joan Hammond, British operatic soprano on this day in history. Share it »

1913 Audrey Brown, England, 4 X 100m runner (Olympic-silver-1936) on this day in history. Share it »

1914 Clifford Irving, Chairman (Isle of Man Govt) on this day in history. Share it »

1915 On this day in history enemy Contracts Annulment Act Share it »

1915 Formal truce on Gallipoli during which the Turkish dead of the 19 May attacks are buried on this day in history. Share it »

1915 Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary on this day in history. Share it »

1915 Thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations on this day in history. Share it »

1916 Conscription begins in Britain on this day in history. Share it »

1916 On this day in history french driven out of Fort Douaumont after 500 killed or injured Share it »

1916 On this day in history last British-Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname Share it »

1916 US pilot William Thaw shoots down a German Fokker on this day in history. Share it »

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1522 On this day in history birth of john Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571) Share it »

1544 William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism) was born on this day in history. Share it »

1605 Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church was born on this day in history. Share it »

1610 On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer Share it »

1616 John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682) was born on this day in history. Share it »

1619 Philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter was born on this day in history. Share it »

1650 On this day in history birth of john Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist Share it »

1671 Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737) was born on this day in history. Share it »

1144 Petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies on this day in history. Share it »

1153 On this day in history david I, King of Scotland, dies Share it »

1351 Death of Abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297) on this day in history. Share it »

1408 On this day in history death of taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335) Share it »

1425 Death of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362) on this day in history. Share it »

1456 On this day in history death of ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396) Share it »

1543 Nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland on this day in history. Share it »

1612 On this day in history robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48 Share it »