Page 3: Historical Events In May - 19

1864  On this day in history skirmish at Cassville GA   

1864  On this day in history battle of Port Walthall Junction, VA (Bermuda Hundred)   

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

1864  On May - 19 nathaniel Hawthorne, US, writer (Scarlet Letter), dies   

1865  President Jefferson Davis is captured by Union Cavalry in Georgia on this day in history.   

1869  On May - 19 jules Poncelet, Belgian minister of State   

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

1873  On this day in history federico Gerdes, composer   

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

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

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

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

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  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 May - 19 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  Ho Chi Minh, trail blazer/leader of Vietnam (1946, 1969) on May - 19.   

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

1891  Rice Institute, which became Rice University, is chartered on this day in history.   

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

1892  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor   

1611  On May - 19 birth of innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89)   

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

1744  On this day in history birth of charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818)   

1746  Johann Friedrich Peter, composer was born on this day in history.   

1755  On May - 19 birth of gabriele Prota, composer   

0804  On this day in history alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69   

0988  Dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies on May - 19.   

1125  Death of Vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053) on this day in history.   

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

1319  Death of Louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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