Page 2: Historical Events In May - 02

1736  Albert Seba, Amsterdam pharmacist, dies at 71.   

1740  Elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, are discovered Amer Biblical Society   

1749  Empress Maria Theresa signs "Haugwitzschen State reform"   

1750  Carlo Goldoni's "La Botega di Caffè," premieres in Mantua   

1752  Ludwig August Lebrun, composer.   

1754  Vicente Martin y Soler, composer.   

1768  Jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist.   

1772  Novalis, writer   

1776  France and Spain agree to donate arms to American rebels   

1776  France and Spain agreed to give weapons to American rebels.   

1779  John Galt, Scotland, novelist (Ayrshire Legatees, Lawrie Todd)   

1780  William Herschel discovers inaugural binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris.   

1780  William Herschel discovers 1st binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris.   

1799  Henri-Joseph Rigel, composer, dies at 58   

1808  Uprising against French occupation begins in Madrid.   

1810  Hans Christian Lumbye, composer.   

1810  Rev. Dr. Henry Jerome de Salis, divine (b.1740)   

1816  Marriage of Léopold of Saxe-Coburg and Charlotte Augusta.   

1817  Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer.   

1818  Herman W Daendels, governor-gen of Guinea (1815-18), dies at 55   

1821  Abram Sanders Piatt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1908.   

1824  Goethe visits Ettersberg (Buchenwald).   

1829  After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of the HMS Challenger, declares the Swan River Colony in Australia   

1833  Czar Nicolas bans public sale of serfs.   

1835  Hudson's Bay Company launches The Beaver, the inaugural steamship on the British Columbia coast   

1837  Henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order)   

1843  Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer   

1844  Elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents.   

1845  In this year, Domingo Sarmiento publishes "Civilización y Barbarie".   

1845  August Pauly, German writer (Real Encyclopedia), dies at 48   

1846  Zygmunt Noskowski, composer   

1847  Sabbath famine.   

1849  David H Chasse, baron/gen (fought Napoleon at Waterloo), dies at 84   

1853  Franconi's Hippodrome opens (NYC).   

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1360  Yongle: Emperor of china   

1451  René ii: Duke of lorraine   

1458  Leonor of viseu: Queen of portugal   

1551  William camden: English historian (brittania, annales)   

1601  Athanasius kircher: German jesuit/inventor (magic lantern)   

1660  Pietro alessandro gaspare scarlatti: Palermo italy, composer (tigrane)   

1695  Giovanni niccolo servandoni: Italian-born architect   

1702  Friedrich christoph oetinger: German theologian   

0373  Athanasius: Patriarch of alexandria (b. 298)   

0649  Maruta of tagrit: Theology/1st mafriaan jakobitische church,   

0756  Emperor shōmu: Emperor of japan (b. 701)   

0907  Boris i of bulgaria: Boris i of bulgaria   

1230  William de braose: Lord of abergavenny (b. 1197)   

1250  Toeransa: Sultan of egypt, murdered   

1300  Blanche of artois: Regent of navarre (b. 1248)   

1450  William de la pole: 1st duke of suffolk, english military leader (b. 1396)