Page 3: Historical Events In May - 19

1864  Skirmish at Cassville GA on May - 19.   

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

1864  Carl Ethan Akeley, US, naturalist, devoleped animal mount process on May - 19.   

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  Jules Poncelet, Belgian minister of State on May - 19.   

1872  Johan van Dale, schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Wordbook), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1873  On this day in history federico Gerdes, composer   

1874  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1878  Adam von Ahn Carse, composer on this day in history.   

1879  Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, US/Eng's feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor on this day in history.   

1880  Allard R Hulshoff, architect of Amsterdam (1924) on this day in history.   

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

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

1884  Ringling Brothers circus premieres on May - 19.   

1884  On May - 19 arthur Meulemans, Belgian composer (Adriaan Brouwer) (or 5/10)   

1885  On May - 19 german chancellor Bismarck takes possession of Cameroon &Togoland   

1885  On May - 19 the first mass production of shoes (Jan Matzeliger in Lynn MA)   

1885  1st mass production of shoes (Jan Matzeliger in Lynn, Massachusetts) on May - 19.   

1886  On May - 19 camille Saint-Saëns' 3rd Symphony in C, premieres   

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 May - 19.   

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

1891  On May - 19 rice Institute, which became Rice University, is chartered   

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

1892  National Society of Colonial Dames of America founded on this day in history.   

1892  On May - 19 konstatin G Paustovski, Russian author (Povestj Zjizni) [OS]   

1893  On May - 19 heavy rain washes "quick clay" into a deep valley, kills 111 (Norway)   

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

1895  On May - 19 albert Hay Malotte, composer   

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  Innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89) was born on May - 19.   

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

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

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 this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Peter, composer   

1755  On this day in history birth of gabriele Prota, composer   

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  Death of Vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053) on this day in history.   

1296  On this day in history celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies   

1319  Death of Louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276) on May - 19.   

1389  Death of Dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350) on May - 19.   

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 this day in history.