Page 3: Historical Events In May - 19

1864  Skirmish at Cassville GA on this day in history.   

1864  Battle of Port Walthall Junction, VA (Bermuda Hundred) on May - 19.   

1864  Carl Ethan Akeley, US, naturalist, devoleped animal mount process on this day in history.   

1864  Nathaniel Hawthorne, US, writer (Scarlet Letter), dies on this day in history.   

1865  President Jefferson Davis is captured by Union Cavalry in Georgia on May - 19.   

1869  On this day in history jules Poncelet, Belgian minister of State   

1872  On May - 19 johan van Dale, schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Wordbook), dies at 44   

1873  Federico Gerdes, composer on May - 19.   

1874  Gilbert Laird Jessop, cricketer (The Croucher) on this day in history.   

1876  Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian/politician, dies at 74 on May - 19.   

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

1878  On this day in history blanche Kelso Bruce appointed register of treasury by Pres Garfield   

1878  Adam von Ahn Carse, composer on May - 19.   

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

1880  Allard R Hulshoff, architect of Amsterdam (1924) on May - 19.   

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

1883  Henricus WJM Keuls, Dutch lawyer/poet (Dancing Lamp) on May - 19.   

1884  On this day in history ringling Brothers circus premieres   

1884  Arthur Meulemans, Belgian composer (Adriaan Brouwer) (or 5/10) on May - 19.   

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

1885  On this day in history the first mass production of shoes (Jan Matzeliger in Lynn MA)   

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

1886  On this day in history camille Saint-Saëns' 3rd Symphony in C, premieres   

1890  The birth of Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese leader, after whom Saigon was renamed on this day in history.   

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

1890  On May - 19 gus Kempis, cricketer (S Africa's 1st Test), dies of fever at 24   

1891  Rice Institute, which became Rice University, is chartered on May - 19.   

1892  Charles Brady King invents pneumatic hammer on this day in history.   

1892  On May - 19 national Society of Colonial Dames of America founded   

1892  On this day in history konstatin G Paustovski, Russian author (Povestj Zjizni) [OS]   

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  On May - 19 jose J Marti y Perez, Spanish/Cuban poet (Versos sencillos), dies   

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1469  Giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor was born on this day in history.   

1611  Innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89) was born on this day in history.   

1616  On this day in history birth of johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer   

1700  On May - 19 birth of josé de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770)   

1724  Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779) was born on this day in history.   

1744  Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818) was born on this day in history.   

1746  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Peter, composer   

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

0804  Alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69 on this day in history.   

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

1125  Death of Vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053) on May - 19.   

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

1319  On May - 19 death of louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276)   

1389  On May - 19 death of dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350)   

1526  On May - 19 death of emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464)   

1531  On May - 19 death of jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456)