Historical Events In May - 05
Friday, 25 October 2024
1751 On May - 05 the Portuguese government takes steps to curb the Inquisitions powers
1762 Russia & Prussia sign peace treaty on May - 05.
1764 Smolny-institution forms in St Petersburg for noble girls on this day in history.
1780 2nd oldest learned society in US (American Academy of Arts & Sciences) forms on this day in history.
1780 On this day in history 2nd oldest learned society in US (American Academy of Arts & Sciences) forms (Boston)
1786 Pedro III, King of Portugal, dies on May - 05.
1789 French States-General for It first since 1614 together on this day in history.
1797 Napoleon I's sister Elisa marries Felix Bacciochi on May - 05.
1800 Louis Hachette, French publisher (Librairie Hachette) on May - 05.
1801 On this day in history philippe-Lambert-Joseph Spruyt, Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 74
1804 On this day in history jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise)
1809 Citizenship is denied to Jews of Canton of Aargau Switzerland on May - 05.
1809 On this day in history mary Kies is first woman issued a US patent (weaving straw)
1809 On this day in history mary Kies of South Killingly, CT was the first woman to be issued a U.S. patent, she was granted a patent for the rights to a technique for weaving straw with silk and thread.
1814 On this day in history british attack Fort Ontario, Oswego NY
1814 British attack Ft Ontario, Oswego, NY on May - 05.
1815 On May - 05 eugene-Marin Labiche, French playwright
1816 On this day in history american Bible Society organized
1816 American Bible Society organized (NY) on this day in history.
1817 On May - 05 george Washington Julian, MC (Union), died in 1899
1818 The birth of Karl Marx, German author on May - 05.
1818 On May - 05 karl Marx, philosopher (Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital)
1819 On May - 05 stanislaw Moniuszko, Polish composer
1821 On May - 05 emperor Napoleon I dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.
1821 Napoleon I Bonaparte, emperor France (1799-1815), dies in St Helena on May - 05.
1823 On May - 05 james Allen Hardie, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1876
1826 On May - 05 eugenie M de Montijo y de Guzman, Empress of France
1827 On May - 05 frederik Augustus I, Justified, King of Saxon (1806-27), dies at 76
1831 Friedrich Ludwig Seidel, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.
1832 H H Bancroft, historian, publisher (History of Pacific States) on May - 05.
1833 On May - 05 ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer
1834 Charles Darwin's expedition begins at Rio Santa Cruz on May - 05.
1835 On this day in history king Leopold opens Brussels-Mechelen railway
1835 On May - 05 leopold II, Belgian crown prince, baptized
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