Top Historical Events That Happened on May 31 Natural Disasters & Epidemics

1740  Frederick-William I, King of Prussia (1713-1740), dies at 51   

1744  French troops conquer Kortrijk   

1744  Richard Edgeworth, writer, Bath.   

1753  Pierre V Vergniaud, French politician/police leader   

1759  The Province of Pennsylvania bans all theater productions.   

1773  Ludwig Tieck, writer   

1790  US copyright law enacted.   

1802  Cesare Pugni, composer.   

1804  Jeanne-Louise Farrenc, composer.   

1809  Ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel, dies in battle at 33   

1810  Horatio Seymour, Gov (Union), died in 1886   

1813  In Australia, Lawson, Blaxland and Wentworth, reached Mount Blaxland, effectively marking the end of a route across the Blue Mountains   

1817  Edouard Deldevez, composer   

1818  John Albion Andrew, Gov (Union), died in 1867.   

1819  Walt Whitman, American poet is born.   

1819  Walt Whitman, West Hills, NY, poet (Leaves of Grass)   

1821  Cathedral of Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary, inaugural US Catholic cathedral, is dedicated in Baltimore   

1821  Cathedral of Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary, 1st US Catholic cathedral, is dedicated in Baltimore.   

1836  HMS Beagle anchors in Simons Bay, Cape of Good Hope.   

1837  Astor Hotel (most elaborate in US) opens in NYC, it later is recorded as becoming the Waldorf-Astoria.   

1837  Astor Hotel opens in NYC, it later is recorded as becoming the Waldorf-Astoria   

1837  Ernest Daudet, French writer (White Terror)   

1837  Joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57   

1838  Henry Sidgwick, English philosopher (Wife at University)   

1847  Rotterdam-Hague Railway opens.   

1849  Last edition of Orange sheet "Journal de La Haye"   

1849  Leonard PJ du Bus de Gisignies, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 69.   

1853  Elisha Kane's Arctic expedition leaves New York aboard the Advance.   

1853  Elisha Kane's Arctic expedition leaves NY aboard Advance   

1854  Vatroslav Lisinski, composer, dies at 34.   

1857  Pius XI, [Ambrogio DA Ratti], Italy, 259th Pope (1922-39)   

1859  Phila A's organize to play "town ball" became baseball 20 years later.   

1860  Walter Richard Sickert Munich, Danish/English painter (The Miner)   

1861  General Beauregard is given command of Confederate Alexandria Line.   

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