Page 3: Historical Events In May - 31

1859  Phila A's organize to play "town ball" became baseball 20 years later on this day in history.   

1860  Walter Richard Sickert Munich, Danish/English painter (The Miner) on this day in history.   

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

1861  On May - 31 mint at New Orleans closes   

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

1861  On May - 31 emily Perkins Bissell, welfare worker (1st christmas seal drive, 1907)   

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

1862  On this day in history battle of Seven Pines VA (Fair Oaks)   

1862  Robert Hatton, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at about 34 on this day in history.   

1863  Francis E Younghusband, British journalist/explorer on this day in history.   

1864  Raid at Morgan's Kentucky on this day in history.   

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

1866  Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

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  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 this day in history.   

1878  US Congress accept decrease in dollar circulation on May - 31.   

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

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

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  Mark Hambourg, composer on May - 31.   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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 May - 31 birth of manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration   

1472  Erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1613  On this day in history birth of john George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680)   

1640  On May - 31 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  Hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies on May - 31.   

1198  On May - 31 moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies   

1246  On this day in history death of isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England   

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

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

1410  On this day in history 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.