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Page 3: Historical Events In May - 31

Friday, 20 February 2026

1861  General Beauregard is given command of Confederate Alexandria Line.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1861  Mint at New Orleans closes.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1861  Gen Beauregard is given command of Confederate Alexandria Line.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1861  Emily Perkins Bissell, welfare worker (1st christmas seal drive, 1907)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1862  Battle of Seven Pines VA (Fair Oaks); North defeats South  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1862  Battle of Seven Pines VA (Fair Oaks).  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1862  Robert Hatton, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at about 34.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1863  Francis E Younghusband, British journalist/explorer.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1864  Raid at Morgan's Kentucky  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1864  Albert J M Bakker, Dutch actor (Teun the night watch)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1866  Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov, composer.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1868  inaugural Memorial Day parade held in Ironton OH.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1868  1st Memorial Day parade held in Ironton, Ohio.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1870  Congress passes inaugural Enforcement Act (rights of blacks)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1870  E J DeSemdt patents asphalt pavement.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1870  Congress passes 1st Enforcement Act (rights of blacks).  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1872  Charles G Abbot, US, astronomer (Constant Sun).  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1875  Italo Montemezzi, composer.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1878  US Congress accept decrease in dollar circulation  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1878  German battleship Grosser Kurfurst sinks, 284 killed.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1879  inaugural electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1879  Madison Square Garden opens its doors.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1879  1st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1879  Mark Hambourg, composer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1880  League of American Wheelmen (1st US bicycle assn), forms in Newport RI  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1883  French fleet under Pierre begins siege of Tamatave, Madagascar  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1884  Dr John Harvey Kellogg patents "flaked cereal".  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1887  Saint-John Perse, France, poet/diplomat (Nobel 1960) [or Mar 31].  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1888  Jack Holt, US, golddigger/actor (Cat People, San Francisco, Brimstone).  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1889  Johnstown Flood; 2209 die in Pennsylvania  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1889  The Johnstown Flood results in the deaths of 2000 to 5000 Pennsylvanians in a city of 30000  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1889  Johnstown Flood; 2209 die in Penn.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1889  Athene Seyler, London, actress (Make Mine Mink)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1891  Work on trans-Siberian railway begins  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In May - 31

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1443  Lady margaret beaufort: Mother of henry vii of england  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1469  Manuel i: King of portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1472  Erardus van der mark: Prince-bishop of luik/cardinal  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1557  Theodorus i (fedor ivanovitsj): Czar of russia (1584-98)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1557  Feodor i of russia: Feodor i of russia (d. 1598)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1613  John george ii: Elector of saxony  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1640  MichaÅ‚ wiÅ›niowiecki: King of poland  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1656  Marin marias: Composer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In May - 31

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0455  Petronius maximus: Senator/emperor of rome, lynched  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1091  Death of Hendrik van verdun: Bishop of luik (1075-91),  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1198  Death of Moses ben solomon ha-cohen: Rabbi of mainz,  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1246  Death of Isabella of angouleme: Queen of john of england  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1349  Death of Thomas wake: English politician (b. 1297)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1408  Ashikaga yoshimitsu: Japanese shogun (b. 1358)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1410  Death of King martin i of aragon: King martin i of aragon (b. 1356)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1495  Death of Cecily neville: Mother of edward iv of england and richard iii of england, (b. 1415)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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