Page 3: Historical Events In June - 05

1863  On this day in history cSS "Alabama" captures the "Tailsman" in the Mid Atlantic   

1863  On this day in history battle of Franklin's Crossing, VA (Deep Run)   

1863  On this day in history arthur Somervell, composer   

1864  Battle of Piedmont, VA (Augusta City) on June - 05.   

1864  William Edmonson "Grumble" Jones, Conf brig-gen, dies in battle at 39 on this day in history.   

1868  Anselm Huttenbrenner, composer, dies at 73 on June - 05.   

1869  3rd Belmont: C Miller aboard Fenian wins in 3:04.25 on this day in history.   

1870  On this day in history constantinople in fire; 900 die   

1872  On June - 05 republican National Convention meets (Phila)   

1873  Sultan Bargash closes slave market of Zanzibar on this day in history.   

1874  Jack Chesbro, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees on this day in history.   

1875  Pacific Stock Exchange formally opens on this day in history.   

1876  On June - 05 bananas become popular in US, at Centennial Exposition in Phila   

1877  Johan W Albarda, 1st Dutch socialist minister (1939-45) on this day in history.   

1878  On June - 05 the birth of Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary   

1878  On this day in history franklyn Farnum, actor (Cowboy & Bandit, Scarlet Car, Frontier Days)   

1879  13th Belmont: George Evans aboard Spendthrift wins in 2:42.75 on this day in history.   

1879  Adolf Wiklund, composer on this day in history.   

1880  Jacobus J Cremer, painter/author (Betuwsche Novellen), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1882  On this day in history the birth of Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer and conductor   

1882  Storm & floods hits Bombay; about 100,000 die on this day in history.   

1882  Igor F Stravinsky, Oranienbaum Russia, composer (Rite of Spring) [OS] on June - 05.   

1883  On this day in history john Maynard Keynes, Cambridge England, economist/math/journalist   

1884  William Sherman refuses Republican presidential nomination saying "I will not accept if nominated & will not serve if elected" on this day in history.   

1884  Ivy Compton-Burnett, novelist on this day in history.   

1885  J Palisa discovers asteroid #248 Lameia on June - 05.   

1885  Georges Mandel, [Louis Rothschild], French Foreign minister (-1940) on this day in history.   

1885  Julius Benedict, composer (Protoghesi), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1886  20th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Inspector B wins in 2:41 on this day in history.   

1887  Ruth Benedict, US, anthropologist (Patterns of Culture) on June - 05.   

1888  On this day in history democrats nominate Grover Cleveland for president   

1888  Raden Mas Nato Suroto, Indonesia, poet (Melatiknoppen) on this day in history.   

1892  Alexander Loudon, diplomat (Washington) on this day in history.   

1894  On this day in history immanuel Faisst, composer, dies at 70   

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1341  On June - 05 birth of edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (d. 1402)   

1493  On this day in history birth of justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (d. 1555)   

1523  Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry (d. 1573) was born on this day in history.   

1553  On this day in history birth of bernardino Baldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1617)   

1554  Elisabeth of Austria, queen consort of France (d. 1592) was born on this day in history.   

1640  Pu Songling, Chinese writer (d. 1715) was born on this day in history.   

1646  On this day in history birth of elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician (d. 1684)   

1660  Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (d. 1744) was born on this day in history.   

0535  On June - 05 death of epiphanius of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople   

0754  On this day in history boniface, [Winfrid], English saint/archbishop (Dokkum), dies at 79   

1017  On this day in history death of emperor Sanjō of Japan (b. 976)   

1118  Death of Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester on June - 05.   

1288  On June - 05 hendrik VI, earl of Luxembourg/Laroche (1281-88), dies in battle   

1296  On this day in history death of edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (b. 1245)   

1383  On this day in history death of dmitry Konstantinovich, Russian prince (b. 1324)   

1443  On this day in history ferdinand, Portuguese saint/slave to Fez, dies