Page 3: Historical Events In May - 31

1859  Phila A's organize to play "town ball" became baseball 20 years later on May - 31.   

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  On this day in history mint at New Orleans closes   

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 May - 31.   

1862  On May - 31 battle of Seven Pines VA (Fair Oaks); North defeats South   

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

1862  On May - 31 robert Hatton, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at about 34   

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

1864  Raid at Morgan's Kentucky on May - 31.   

1864  On this day in history albert J M Bakker, Dutch actor (Teun the night watch)   

1866  On May - 31 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1875  Italo Montemezzi, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1879  Madison Square Garden opens its doors on this day in history.   

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

1879  Mark Hambourg, composer on this day in history.   

1880  League of American Wheelmen (1st US bicycle assn), forms in Newport RI on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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  On May - 31 the Johnstown Flood kills 2,000 to 5,000 Pennsylvanians in a city of 30,000   

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1443  Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509) was born on this day in history.   

1469  On this day in history birth of manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration   

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  Feodor I of Russia (d. 1598) was born on May - 31.   

1613  On this day in history 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  Marin Marias, composer was born on May - 31.   

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  On May - 31 moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies   

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

1349  On May - 31 death of thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297)   

1408  Death of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358) on this day in history.   

1410  On May - 31 death of 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) on May - 31.