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1840  Dominique J de Eerens, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 59   

1842  Assassination attempt made on Queen Victoria   

1842  John Francis attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria   

1844  Louis Varney, composer   

1845  Amadeus I FM, duke of Aosta/king of Spain (1870-73)   

1846  Peter Faberge, Russian jeweller is born   

1847  Alice Sophia Stopford Green, Ireland, proponent of Irish independence.   

1848  Second battle at Gioto Sardinia-Piemonte beats Austrians.   

1848  William G Young patents ice cream freezer cool idea   

1848  2nd battle at Gioto: Sardinia-Piemonte beats Austrians   

1848  Second battle at Gioto: Sardinia-Piemonte beats Austrians.   

1853  Andries Andre, Dutch actor/husband of Geertruida Meeuwissen   

1854  Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed Missouri Compromise opens north slavery   

1854  The U S territories of Nebraska and Kansas are established   

1858  Hudson Bay Company's rights to Vancouver Island revoked   

1858  Hudson's Bay Co rights to Vancouver Island revoked   

1859  Pierre Marie Felix Janet, France, psychologist/neurologist   

1862  Battle of Booneville MS - captured General Beauregard evacuates Corinth MS.   

1862  Battle of Booneville MS.   

1864  Battle of Bethesda Church VA   

1864  Cavalry fight at Old Church (Totopotomoy Creek) VA.   

1864  James Barbour Terrill, US attorney/Confederate brig-gen, dies at 26.   

1865  William Clarke Quantrill, criminal/Confederate bushwhacker, dies at 27   

1866  Opera "Die Verkaufte Braut" premieres (Prague)   

1867  Arthur Vining Davis, Sharon Mass, CEO (Alcoa-1910-57)   

1868  Memorial Day inaugural observed when 2 women in Columbus MS placed flowers on both Confederate and Union graves.   

1868  Memorial Day 1st observed when 2 women in Columbus Mississippi placed flowers on both Confederate and Union graves   

1870  Gustave Vogt, composer, dies at 89.   

1872  Mahlon Loomis patents wireless telegraphy.   

1876  Ottoman sultan Abd-ul-Aziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murat V.   

1879  92º F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland OH in May.   

1879  Gilmore Garden (NYC) renamed Madison Square Garden   

1879  92°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May   

1879  Colin Blythe, cricketer (outstanding English slow lefty pre-WW I)   

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1010  Emperor renzong of china: Emperor renzong of china (d. 1063)   

1220  Alexander nevski: [aleksandr], russian great ruler (1252-63)   

1423  Georg purbach: German mathematician and astronomer   

1524  Selam ii sari: The blonde, sultan of turkey (1566-74)   

1578  Valentin dretzel: Composer   

1623  Wallerand vaillant: Painter/engraver, baptized   

1623  John egerton: 2nd earl of bridgewater, english politician   

1653  Claudia felicitas of austria: Empress consort of germany   

0727  Hubertus: Bishop of tongeren-maastricht/saint,   

1035  Death of Boudouin iv: Count of flanders (988-1035),   

1159  Wladislaus ii the exile of poland: Wladislaus ii the exile of poland (b. 1105)   

1252  Death of Ferdinand iii the holy: King of castile/leon,   

1416  Death of Jerome of prague: Burned as a heretic by church   

1431  Joan of arc: French heroine and saint (b. 1412)   

1434  Prokop the great: Hussite general   

1469  Death of Lope de barrientos: Spanish bishop