Top Historical Events That Happened on May 31

1861  Mint at New Orleans closes   

1861  Gen Beauregard is given command of Confederate Alexandria Line   

1861  Emily Perkins Bissell, welfare worker (1st christmas seal drive, 1907).   

1862  Battle of Seven Pines VA (Fair Oaks); North defeats South.   

1862  Battle of Seven Pines VA (Fair Oaks).   

1862  Robert Hatton, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at about 34.   

1863  Francis E Younghusband, British journalist/explorer.   

1864  Raid at Morgan's Kentucky   

1864  Albert J M Bakker, Dutch actor (Teun the night watch)   

1866  Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov, composer   

1868  inaugural Memorial Day parade held in Ironton OH.   

1868  1st Memorial Day parade held in Ironton, Ohio   

1870  Congress passes inaugural Enforcement Act (rights of blacks)   

1870  E J DeSemdt patents asphalt pavement   

1870  Congress passes 1st Enforcement Act (rights of blacks)   

1872  Charles G Abbot, US, astronomer (Constant Sun).   

1875  Italo Montemezzi, composer.   

1878  US Congress accept decrease in dollar circulation   

1878  German battleship Grosser Kurfurst sinks, 284 killed   

1879  inaugural electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition.   

1879  Madison Square Garden opens its doors.   

1879  1st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition.   

1879  Mark Hambourg, composer.   

1880  League of American Wheelmen (1st US bicycle assn), forms in Newport RI   

1883  French fleet under Pierre begins siege of Tamatave, Madagascar.   

1884  Dr John Harvey Kellogg patents "flaked cereal".   

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

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

1889  Johnstown Flood; 2209 die in Pennsylvania   

1889  The Johnstown Flood results in the deaths of 2000 to 5000 Pennsylvanians in a city of 30000.   

1889  Johnstown Flood; 2209 die in Penn.   

1889  Athene Seyler, London, actress (Make Mine Mink).   

1891  Work on trans-Siberian railway begins   

1892  Gregor Strasser, German pharmacist/NSDAP-Reich organization leader   

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1443  Lady margaret beaufort: Mother of henry vii of england   

1469  Manuel i: King of portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration   

1472  Erardus van der mark: Prince-bishop of luik/cardinal   

1557  Theodorus i (fedor ivanovitsj): Czar of russia (1584-98)   

1557  Feodor i of russia: Feodor i of russia (d. 1598)   

1613  John george ii: Elector of saxony   

1640  MichaÅ‚ wiÅ›niowiecki: King of poland   

1656  Marin marias: Composer   

0455  Petronius maximus: Senator/emperor of rome, lynched   

1091  Death of Hendrik van verdun: Bishop of luik (1075-91),   

1198  Moses ben solomon ha-cohen: Rabbi of mainz,   

1246  Isabella of angouleme: Queen of john of england   

1349  Death of Thomas wake: English politician (b. 1297)   

1408  Ashikaga yoshimitsu: Japanese shogun (b. 1358)   

1410  King martin i of aragon: King martin i of aragon (b. 1356)   

1495  Death of Cecily neville: Mother of edward iv of england and richard iii of england, (b. 1415)