Historical Events In May - 05
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1751 On May - 05 the Portuguese government takes steps to curb the Inquisitions powers
1762 Russia & Prussia sign peace treaty on this day in history.
1764 On this day in history smolny-institution forms in St Petersburg for noble girls
1780 On May - 05 2nd oldest learned society in US (American Academy of Arts & Sciences) forms
1780 2nd oldest learned society in US (American Academy of Arts & Sciences) forms (Boston) on May - 05.
1786 On May - 05 pedro III, King of Portugal, dies
1789 French States-General for It first since 1614 together on this day in history.
1797 Napoleon I's sister Elisa marries Felix Bacciochi on this day in history.
1800 Louis Hachette, French publisher (Librairie Hachette) on May - 05.
1801 On May - 05 philippe-Lambert-Joseph Spruyt, Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 74
1804 On this day in history jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise)
1809 On this day in history citizenship is denied to Jews of Canton of Aargau Switzerland
1809 On this day in history mary Kies is first woman issued a US patent (weaving straw)
1809 On May - 05 mary Kies of South Killingly, CT was the first woman to be issued a U.S. patent, she was granted a patent for the rights to a technique for weaving straw with silk and thread.
1814 On this day in history british attack Fort Ontario, Oswego NY
1814 On May - 05 british attack Ft Ontario, Oswego, NY
1815 On May - 05 eugene-Marin Labiche, French playwright
1816 American Bible Society organized on this day in history.
1816 On May - 05 american Bible Society organized (NY)
1817 On May - 05 george Washington Julian, MC (Union), died in 1899
1818 On May - 05 the birth of Karl Marx, German author
1818 Karl Marx, philosopher (Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital) on this day in history.
1819 Stanislaw Moniuszko, Polish composer on this day in history.
1821 Emperor Napoleon I dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean on this day in history.
1821 Napoleon I Bonaparte, emperor France (1799-1815), dies in St Helena on this day in history.
1823 On this day in history james Allen Hardie, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1876
1826 On May - 05 eugenie M de Montijo y de Guzman, Empress of France
1827 On this day in history frederik Augustus I, Justified, King of Saxon (1806-27), dies at 76
1831 On May - 05 friedrich Ludwig Seidel, composer, dies at 65
1832 On May - 05 h H Bancroft, historian, publisher (History of Pacific States)
1833 On this day in history ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer
1834 Charles Darwin's expedition begins at Rio Santa Cruz on this day in history.
1835 On May - 05 king Leopold opens Brussels-Mechelen railway
1835 On this day in history leopold II, Belgian crown prince, baptized
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