Page 2: Historical Events In May - 07

1748  On this day in history french troops conquer Maastricht in the War of the Austrian Succession   

1763  On this day in history josef Poniatovski, Polish general/marshal of France   

1765  On this day in history admiral Nelson's sailboat HMS Victory runs aground   

1765  On May - 07 adm Nelsons sailboat HMS Victory runs aground   

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 May - 07.   

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

1771  Samuel Hearne explores Copper Mine River of Canada on this day in history.   

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

1789  On May - 07 the first inaugural ball (for George Washington in New York NY)   

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  1st inaugurational ball (for George Washington in NYC) on this day in history.   

1792  On May - 07 captain Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington)   

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

1792  On this day in history 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  Gerhard M Roentgen, industrialist (founder dockyard Fijenoord) on this day in history.   

1800  On May - 07 indiana Territory organized   

1800  On this day in history laurens P van Spiegel, regent/pension advisor (1787-95), dies at 64   

1803  On May - 07 johan Peter Cronhamm, composer   

1812  On this day in history the birth of Robert Browning, English poet   

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

1814  On May - 07 franz Volrath Buttstett, composer, dies at 79   

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  Varina Howell Davis, 1st lady (Confederacy), died in 1905 on May - 07.   

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

1832  Greece becomes independent republic on May - 07.   

1832  On May - 07 otto of Bavaria is chosen king of Greece   

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  Johannes Brahms, Hamburg Germany, composer on May - 07.   

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 this day in history.   

1530  On May - 07 birth of louis I Condé, French prince/leader of hugenots   

1574  On May - 07 birth of innocent X, [Giambattista Pamfili], 236th pope (1644-55)   

1643  On this day in history birth of stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700)   

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  On May - 07 birth of nikolai Arkharov, Russian general (d. 1814)   

0685  Marwan I ibn al-Hakam, 4th kalief of Omajjaden (684-85), dies on May - 07.   

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 May - 07.   

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 May - 07 death of thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English churchman   

1523  Franz von Sickingen, Germ knight/protect of poor, dies of wounds at 42 on this day in history.   

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