Page 3: Historical Events In May - 19

1864  On this day in history skirmish at Cassville GA   

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

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 this day in history president Jefferson Davis is captured by Union Cavalry in Georgia   

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

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

1873  On this day in history federico Gerdes, composer   

1874  On this day in history gilbert Laird Jessop, cricketer (The Croucher)   

1876  On May - 19 guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian/politician, dies at 74   

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

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

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 May - 19 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 this day in history.   

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

1884  Ringling Brothers circus premieres on May - 19.   

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

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 May - 19 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  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 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 this day in history.   

1892  On May - 19 charles Brady King invents pneumatic hammer   

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

1893  On May - 19 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  Innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89) was born on May - 19.   

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

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

1755  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1296  On May - 19 celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies   

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 May - 19.   

1531  Death of Jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456) on this day in history.