Historical Events In May - 07

1748  On May - 07 french troops conquer Maastricht in the War of the Austrian Succession  

1763  On May - 07 josef Poniatovski, Polish general/marshal of France  

1765  Admiral Nelson's sailboat HMS Victory runs aground on this day in history.  

1765  Adm Nelsons sailboat HMS Victory runs aground on this day in history.  

1769  Giuseppe Farinelli, composer on this day in history.  

1771  Samuel Hearne arrives at the mouth of the Coppermine River and views the Arctic Coast on this day in history.  

1771  On this day in history samuel Hearne explores the Copper Mine River of Canada  

1771  On May - 07 samuel Hearne explores Copper Mine River of Canada  

1775  Turkish state of Bukovina secedes from Austria on May - 07.  

1789  The first inaugural ball (for George Washington in New York NY) on May - 07.  

1789  On this day in history the first U S inagural ball is held in New York to honor President and Mrs George Washington  

1789  On this day in history 1st inaugurational ball (for George Washington in NYC)  

1792  Captain Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington) on May - 07.  

1792  Capt Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington) on May - 07.  

1792  On May - 07 aert Schouman, Dutch bird/portrait painter, dies at 82  

1793  On May - 07 johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt admiral (battle of Doggersbank), dies at 68  

1795  On May - 07 gerhard M Roentgen, industrialist (founder dockyard Fijenoord)  

1800  On this day in history indiana Territory organized  

1800  On May - 07 laurens P van Spiegel, regent/pension advisor (1787-95), dies at 64  

1803  On May - 07 johan Peter Cronhamm, composer  

1812  The birth of Robert Browning, English poet on May - 07.  

1812  On May - 07 robert Browning, London England, poet (Pied Piper)  

1814  Franz Volrath Buttstett, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1818  On this day in history leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer, dies at 70  

1824  On this day in history beethoven's 9th (Chorale) Symphony, premieres in Vienna  

1825  On this day in history antonio Salieri, Italian composer, dies in Vienna at 74  

1826  On this day in history varina Howell Davis, 1st lady (Confederacy), died in 1905  

1827  On May - 07 francis Engle Patterson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862  

1832  Greece becomes independent republic on May - 07.  

1832  Otto of Bavaria is chosen king of Greece on May - 07.  

1832  Carl G Neumann, German mathematician/physicist (Neumann-functions) on May - 07.  

1833  On this day in history the birth of Johannes Brahms, German composer and friend of Schumanns  

1833  On this day in history johannes Brahms, Hamburg Germany, composer  

1836  On this day in history the settlement of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico is elevated to the royal status of villa by the government of Spain.  

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1328  Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1365) was born on May - 07.  

1530  Louis I Condé, French prince/leader of hugenots was born on May - 07.  

1574  On this day in history birth of innocent X, [Giambattista Pamfili], 236th pope (1644-55)  

1643  Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700) was born on this day in history.  

1700  On May - 07 birth of gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist  

1704  Carl Heinrich Graun, composer was born on this day in history.  

1724  Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797) was born on this day in history.  

1740  Nikolai Arkharov, Russian general (d. 1814) was born on this day in history.  

0685  Marwan I ibn al-Hakam, 4th kalief of Omajjaden (684-85), dies on this day in history.  

0973  Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at 60 on May - 07.  

1092  Death of Remigius de Fécamp, first bishop of Lincoln (b. unknown) on this day in history.  

1166  Death of Willem I, the Bad, king of Sicily (1154-66) on this day in history.  

1205  Ladislaus III Arpad, King of Hungary (1204-05), dies at 5 or 6 on this day in history.  

1427  On this day in history death of thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English churchman  

1523  On May - 07 franz von Sickingen, Germ knight/protect of poor, dies of wounds at 42  

1539  On this day in history death of guru Nanak Dev, Founder of Sikhism (b. 1469)