Page 3: Historical Events In May - 31

1859  On May - 31 phila A's organize to play "town ball" became baseball 20 years later   

1860  Walter Richard Sickert Munich, Danish/English painter (The Miner) on May - 31.   

1861  General Beauregard is given command of Confederate Alexandria Line on this day in history.   

1861  Mint at New Orleans closes on May - 31.   

1861  Gen Beauregard is given command of Confederate Alexandria Line on May - 31.   

1861  Emily Perkins Bissell, welfare worker (1st christmas seal drive, 1907) on this day in history.   

1862  Battle of Seven Pines VA (Fair Oaks); North defeats South on May - 31.   

1862  Battle of Seven Pines VA (Fair Oaks) on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history robert Hatton, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at about 34   

1863  Francis E Younghusband, British journalist/explorer on May - 31.   

1864  On this day in history raid at Morgan's Kentucky   

1864  On May - 31 albert J M Bakker, Dutch actor (Teun the night watch)   

1866  On May - 31 vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov, composer   

1868  On this day in history first Memorial Day parade held in Ironton OH   

1868  1st Memorial Day parade held in Ironton, Ohio on May - 31.   

1870  On May - 31 congress passes first Enforcement Act (rights of blacks)   

1870  E J DeSemdt patents asphalt pavement on May - 31.   

1870  On May - 31 congress passes 1st Enforcement Act (rights of blacks)   

1872  Charles G Abbot, US, astronomer (Constant Sun) on May - 31.   

1875  On May - 31 italo Montemezzi, composer   

1878  German battleship Grosser Kurfürst sinks, 284 killed on this day in history.   

1878  US Congress accept decrease in dollar circulation on this day in history.   

1878  German battleship Grosser Kurfurst sinks, 284 killed on May - 31.   

1879  On this day in history first electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition   

1879  On this day in history madison Square Garden opens its doors   

1879  1st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition on this day in history.   

1879  On this day in history mark Hambourg, composer   

1880  On May - 31 league of American Wheelmen (1st US bicycle assn), forms in Newport RI   

1883  French fleet under Pierre begins siege of Tamatave, Madagascar on May - 31.   

1884  On May - 31 dr John Harvey Kellogg patents "flaked cereal"   

1887  Saint-John Perse, France, poet/diplomat (Nobel 1960) [or Mar 31] on this day in history.   

1888  On this day in history jack Holt, US, golddigger/actor (Cat People, San Francisco, Brimstone)   

1889  Johnstown Flood; 2,209 die in Pennsylvania on this day in history.   

1889  The Johnstown Flood kills 2,000 to 5,000 Pennsylvanians in a city of 30,000 on May - 31.   

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1443  Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509) was born on May - 31.   

1469  Manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration was born on this day in history.   

1472  On this day in history birth of erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal   

1557  Theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98) was born on this day in history.   

1557  On May - 31 birth of feodor I of Russia (d. 1598)   

1613  On May - 31 birth of john George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680)   

1640  On this day in history birth of michaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673)   

1656  On this day in history birth of marin Marias, composer   

0455  On this day in history death of petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched   

1091  On May - 31 hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies   

1198  Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies on this day in history.   

1246  Death of Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England on this day in history.   

1349  On this day in history death of thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297)   

1408  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358)   

1410  Death of King Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356) on this day in history.   

1495  Death of Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415) on this day in history.