Page 3: Historical Events In May - 19

1864  On this day in history skirmish at Cassville GA   

1864  On May - 19 battle of Port Walthall Junction, VA (Bermuda Hundred)   

1864  On this day in history carl Ethan Akeley, US, naturalist, devoleped animal mount process   

1864  Nathaniel Hawthorne, US, writer (Scarlet Letter), dies on May - 19.   

1865  On May - 19 president Jefferson Davis is captured by Union Cavalry in Georgia   

1869  Jules Poncelet, Belgian minister of State on this day in history.   

1872  On this day in history johan van Dale, schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Wordbook), dies at 44   

1873  On May - 19 federico Gerdes, composer   

1874  On May - 19 gilbert Laird Jessop, cricketer (The Croucher)   

1876  Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian/politician, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1878  Blanche Kelso Bruce appointed register of treasury by President Garfield on May - 19.   

1878  Blanche Kelso Bruce appointed register of treasury by Pres Garfield on this day in history.   

1878  On this day in history adam von Ahn Carse, composer   

1879  On May - 19 nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, US/Eng's feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor   

1880  On this day in history allard R Hulshoff, architect of Amsterdam (1924)   

1882  On May - 19 commodore Shufeldt (USS Swatara) lands in Korea to negotiate first treaty between Korea and Western power   

1883  On this day in history henricus WJM Keuls, Dutch lawyer/poet (Dancing Lamp)   

1884  Ringling Brothers circus premieres on this day in history.   

1884  On this day in history arthur Meulemans, Belgian composer (Adriaan Brouwer) (or 5/10)   

1885  German chancellor Bismarck takes possession of Cameroon &Togoland on May - 19.   

1885  The first mass production of shoes (Jan Matzeliger in Lynn MA) on May - 19.   

1885  1st mass production of shoes (Jan Matzeliger in Lynn, Massachusetts) on this day in history.   

1886  Camille Saint-Saëns' 3rd Symphony in C, premieres on this day in history.   

1890  The birth of Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese leader, after whom Saigon was renamed on May - 19.   

1890  On May - 19 ho Chi Minh, trail blazer/leader of Vietnam (1946, 1969)   

1890  On this day in history gus Kempis, cricketer (S Africa's 1st Test), dies of fever at 24   

1891  On this day in history rice Institute, which became Rice University, is chartered   

1892  On this day in history charles Brady King invents pneumatic hammer   

1892  National Society of Colonial Dames of America founded on May - 19.   

1892  Konstatin G Paustovski, Russian author (Povestj Zjizni) [OS] on this day in history.   

1893  On this day in history heavy rain washes "quick clay" into a deep valley, kills 111 (Norway)   

1893  On this day in history heavy rain wash "quick clay" into a deep valley, kills 111 (Norway)   

1895  Albert Hay Malotte, composer on this day in history.   

1895  Jose J Marti y Perez, Spanish/Cuban poet (Versos sencillos), dies on May - 19.   

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1469  On this day in history birth of giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor   

1611  On this day in history birth of innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89)   

1616  On May - 19 birth of johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer   

1700  José de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770) was born on this day in history.   

1724  On May - 19 birth of augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779)   

1744  On May - 19 birth of charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818)   

1746  On May - 19 birth of johann Friedrich Peter, composer   

1755  Gabriele Prota, composer was born on this day in history.   

0804  On May - 19 alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69   

0988  On May - 19 dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies   

1125  On May - 19 death of vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053)   

1296  Celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies on this day in history.   

1319  On this day in history death of louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276)   

1389  On this day in history death of dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350)   

1526  Death of Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464) on May - 19.   

1531  Death of Jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456) on May - 19.