Page 4: Historical Events In May - 19

1896  On May - 19 first automobile (Benz) to arrive in Netherlands   

1896  1st auto (Benz) to arrive in Netherlands on this day in history.   

1896  On May - 19 michael Balcon, Birmingham England, producer/father of Jill Balcon   

1897  Oscar Wilde is released from Reading Gaol on this day in history.   

1898  On this day in history post Office authorizes use of postcards   

1899  Leonid Maksimovich Leonov, novelist/playwright on May - 19.   

1900  Great Britain annexes Tonga archipelago on this day in history.   

1901  On May - 19 ivo Cruz, composer   

1901  On May - 19 marthinus Wessels Pretorius, 1st pres Rep South-Africa, dies at 81   

1902  Great Britain &Boers resume peace talks in Pretoria on this day in history.   

1902  On this day in history great Britain & Boers resume peace talks in Pretoria   

1903  Arthur Shrewsbury, cricketer (1277 runs at 35 47 in 23 Tests), dies on May - 19.   

1904  Anthony Bushell, Kent England, actor (Journey's End) on May - 19.   

1905  On May - 19 italian King Victor Emmanuel &Swiss President open world's longest railroad tunnel (Simplon) links Iselle Italy &Brig Switzerland   

1905  On this day in history tom Jenkins beats Frank Gotcha for heavyweight wrestling champ   

1906  On May - 19 federated Boys' Club (Boys' Club of America) organizes   

1906  Portugal's King Carlos I names Joao Franco premier on May - 19.   

1906  The last British soldiers leave Canada on this day in history.   

1906  On May - 19 dutch King Victor Emmanuel & Swiss president open Simplon tunnel   

1909  On this day in history jack Johnson fights Jack O'Brien to no decision in 6 for boxing title   

1909  Bruce Bennett, Tacoma Wash, actor (Before I Hang, Sahara) on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history cleve Indian Cy Young gets his 500th win, beats Wash 5-4 in 11 innings   

1910  Alan Melville, cricketer (graceful South African batsman 1938-49) on May - 19.   

1911  On this day in history maurice Ravels opera "L'Heure Espagnole," premieres in Paris   

1912  American League president Ban Johnson tells Tigers if they continue protest of Ty Cobb's suspension, they will be banned from baseball on this day in history.   

1912  Navy establishes North Atlantic Ice Patrol following RMS Titanic disaster on this day in history.   

1912  On May - 19 aL Pres Ban Johnson tells Tigers if they continue protest of Ty Cobb's suspension, they will be banned from baseball   

1913  Webb Alien Land-Holding Bill passes, forbidding Japs from owning land on this day in history.   

1913  Albert Hardy, photographer on this day in history.   

1915  Australians repel major Turkish attack on their positions at Gallipoli on May - 19.   

1915  Death on Gallipoli of Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick of "Simpson and his donkey" fame on May - 19.   

1915  On May - 19 lance Corporal Albert Jacka, 14th Battalion, AIF, becomes the first Australian to win a Victoria Cross in World War One for his action at Gallipoli, Turkey   

1916  On May - 19 escadrille Américaine (Lafayette) transfered to Verdun   

1916  On this day in history escadrille Américaine (Lafayette) transfered to Verdun   

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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  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 May - 19 birth of charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818)   

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

1755  On May - 19 birth of gabriele Prota, composer   

0804  On May - 19 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 May - 19.   

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

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  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464)   

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