Historical Events In June - 05

1863  CSS "Alabama" captures the "Tailsman" in the Mid Atlantic on this day in history.   

1863  Battle of Franklin's Crossing, VA (Deep Run) on June - 05.   

1863  Arthur Somervell, composer on this day in history.   

1864  On June - 05 battle of Piedmont, VA (Augusta City)   

1864  William Edmonson "Grumble" Jones, Conf brig-gen, dies in battle at 39 on June - 05.   

1868  Anselm Huttenbrenner, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1869  On this day in history 3rd Belmont: C Miller aboard Fenian wins in 3:04.25   

1870  Constantinople in fire; 900 die on this day in history.   

1872  Republican National Convention meets (Phila) on June - 05.   

1873  Sultan Bargash closes slave market of Zanzibar on June - 05.   

1874  On this day in history jack Chesbro, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees   

1875  Pacific Stock Exchange formally opens on this day in history.   

1876  On June - 05 bananas become popular in US, at Centennial Exposition in Phila   

1877  On this day in history johan W Albarda, 1st Dutch socialist minister (1939-45)   

1878  On June - 05 the birth of Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary   

1878  On June - 05 franklyn Farnum, actor (Cowboy & Bandit, Scarlet Car, Frontier Days)   

1879  13th Belmont: George Evans aboard Spendthrift wins in 2:42.75 on this day in history.   

1879  Adolf Wiklund, composer on June - 05.   

1880  On this day in history jacobus J Cremer, painter/author (Betuwsche Novellen), dies at 52   

1882  The birth of Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer and conductor on June - 05.   

1882  On this day in history storm & floods hits Bombay; about 100,000 die   

1882  On this day in history igor F Stravinsky, Oranienbaum Russia, composer (Rite of Spring) [OS]   

1883  John Maynard Keynes, Cambridge England, economist/math/journalist on this day in history.   

1884  William Sherman refuses Republican presidential nomination saying "I will not accept if nominated & will not serve if elected" on this day in history.   

1884  On this day in history ivy Compton-Burnett, novelist   

1885  J Palisa discovers asteroid #248 Lameia on this day in history.   

1885  On June - 05 georges Mandel, [Louis Rothschild], French Foreign minister (-1940)   

1885  On June - 05 julius Benedict, composer (Protoghesi), dies at 80   

1886  On June - 05 20th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Inspector B wins in 2:41   

1887  Ruth Benedict, US, anthropologist (Patterns of Culture) on this day in history.   

1888  Democrats nominate Grover Cleveland for president on this day in history.   

1888  On June - 05 raden Mas Nato Suroto, Indonesia, poet (Melatiknoppen)   

1892  Alexander Loudon, diplomat (Washington) on this day in history.   

1894  On June - 05 immanuel Faisst, composer, dies at 70   

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1341  Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (d. 1402) was born on June - 05.   

1493  On this day in history birth of justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (d. 1555)   

1523  On this day in history birth of margaret of France, Duchess of Berry (d. 1573)   

1553  Bernardino Baldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1617) was born on June - 05.   

1554  Elisabeth of Austria, queen consort of France (d. 1592) was born on June - 05.   

1640  Pu Songling, Chinese writer (d. 1715) was born on June - 05.   

1646  Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician (d. 1684) was born on this day in history.   

1660  Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (d. 1744) was born on June - 05.   

0535  On June - 05 death of epiphanius of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople   

0754  Boniface, [Winfrid], English saint/archbishop (Dokkum), dies at 79 on June - 05.   

1017  Death of Emperor Sanjō of Japan (b. 976) on this day in history.   

1118  Death of Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester on June - 05.   

1288  Hendrik VI, earl of Luxembourg/Laroche (1281-88), dies in battle on this day in history.   

1296  Death of Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (b. 1245) on June - 05.   

1383  On June - 05 death of dmitry Konstantinovich, Russian prince (b. 1324)   

1443  On June - 05 ferdinand, Portuguese saint/slave to Fez, dies