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 this day in history.  

1864  On May - 19 carl Ethan Akeley, US, naturalist, devoleped animal mount process  

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 this day in history.  

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

1872  Johan van Dale, schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Wordbook), dies at 44 on May - 19.  

1873  Federico Gerdes, composer on this day in history.  

1874  Gilbert Laird Jessop, cricketer (The Croucher) on May - 19.  

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  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  Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, US/Eng's feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor on May - 19.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history german chancellor Bismarck takes possession of Cameroon &Togoland  

1885  On May - 19 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  Camille Saint-Saëns' 3rd Symphony in C, premieres on this day in history.  

1890  On this day in history the birth of Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese leader, after whom Saigon was renamed  

1890  Ho Chi Minh, trail blazer/leader of Vietnam (1946, 1969) on this day in history.  

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

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

1892  Charles Brady King invents pneumatic hammer on May - 19.  

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

1892  Konstatin G Paustovski, Russian author (Povestj Zjizni) [OS] on May - 19.  

1893  On May - 19 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  On this day in history albert Hay Malotte, composer  

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  On May - 19 birth of innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89)  

1616  Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer was born on this day in history.  

1700  On this day in history birth of josé de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770)  

1724  On this day in history birth of augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779)  

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 May - 19.  

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  Death of Dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350) on this day in history.  

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

1531  On this day in history death of jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456)