Page 3: Historical Events In May - 31

1859  On this day in history phila A's organize to play "town ball" became baseball 20 years later   

1860  On May - 31 walter Richard Sickert Munich, Danish/English painter (The Miner)   

1861  On this day in history general Beauregard is given command of Confederate Alexandria Line   

1861  On this day in history mint at New Orleans closes   

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

1861  On this day in history emily Perkins Bissell, welfare worker (1st christmas seal drive, 1907)   

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

1862  Battle of Seven Pines VA (Fair Oaks) on May - 31.   

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  Albert J M Bakker, Dutch actor (Teun the night watch) on May - 31.   

1866  On this day in history vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov, composer   

1868  On May - 31 first Memorial Day parade held in Ironton OH   

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

1870  Congress passes first Enforcement Act (rights of blacks) on this day in history.   

1870  On May - 31 e J DeSemdt patents asphalt pavement   

1870  Congress passes 1st Enforcement Act (rights of blacks) on this day in history.   

1872  On May - 31 charles G Abbot, US, astronomer (Constant Sun)   

1875  Italo Montemezzi, composer on this day in history.   

1878  On May - 31 german battleship Grosser Kurfürst sinks, 284 killed   

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  Madison Square Garden opens its doors on May - 31.   

1879  1st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition on May - 31.   

1879  Mark Hambourg, composer on May - 31.   

1880  League of American Wheelmen (1st US bicycle assn), forms in Newport RI on May - 31.   

1883  On this day in history french fleet under Pierre begins siege of Tamatave, Madagascar   

1884  Dr John Harvey Kellogg patents "flaked cereal" on May - 31.   

1887  On May - 31 saint-John Perse, France, poet/diplomat (Nobel 1960) [or Mar 31]   

1888  Jack Holt, US, golddigger/actor (Cat People, San Francisco, Brimstone) on May - 31.   

1889  Johnstown Flood; 2,209 die in Pennsylvania on May - 31.   

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  On this day in history birth of lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509)   

1469  Manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration was born on May - 31.   

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  John George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.   

1640  MichaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673) was born on this day in history.   

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

0455  On May - 31 death of petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched   

1091  On this day in history hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies   

1198  Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies on May - 31.   

1246  Death of Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England on May - 31.   

1349  Death of Thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297) on May - 31.   

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 May - 31.