Historical Events In May - 07

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

1763  Josef Poniatovski, Polish general/marshal of France on this day in history.  

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

1765  On this day in history adm Nelsons sailboat HMS Victory runs aground  

1769  On this day in history giuseppe Farinelli, composer  

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

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

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

1775  Turkish state of Bukovina secedes from Austria on this day in history.  

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

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

1789  On May - 07 1st inaugurational ball (for George Washington in NYC)  

1792  On this day in history captain Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington)  

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

1792  On this day in history aert Schouman, Dutch bird/portrait painter, dies at 82  

1793  Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt admiral (battle of Doggersbank), dies at 68 on May - 07.  

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

1800  Indiana Territory organized on this day in history.  

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

1803  Johan Peter Cronhamm, composer on this day in history.  

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 May - 07 leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer, dies at 70  

1824  Beethoven's 9th (Chorale) Symphony, premieres in Vienna on this day in history.  

1825  On May - 07 antonio Salieri, Italian composer, dies in Vienna at 74  

1826  Varina Howell Davis, 1st lady (Confederacy), died in 1905 on May - 07.  

1827  Francis Engle Patterson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 on this day in history.  

1832  Greece becomes independent republic on May - 07.  

1832  Otto of Bavaria is chosen king of Greece on this day in history.  

1832  On May - 07 carl G Neumann, German mathematician/physicist (Neumann-functions)  

1833  The birth of Johannes Brahms, German composer and friend of Schumanns on this day in history.  

1833  Johannes Brahms, Hamburg Germany, composer on this day in history.  

1836  On May - 07 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  Louis I Condé, French prince/leader of hugenots was born on May - 07.  

1574  Innocent X, [Giambattista Pamfili], 236th pope (1644-55) was born on this day in history.  

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

1700  On this day in history birth of gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist  

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

1724  On May - 07 birth of dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797)  

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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history ladislaus III Arpad, King of Hungary (1204-05), dies at 5 or 6  

1427  On May - 07 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  Death of Guru Nanak Dev, Founder of Sikhism (b. 1469) on this day in history.