Historical Events In May - 07

1748  On May - 07 french troops conquer Maastricht in the War of the Austrian Succession   

1763  On this day in history josef Poniatovski, Polish general/marshal of France   

1765  Admiral Nelson's sailboat HMS Victory runs aground on May - 07.   

1765  On this day in history adm Nelsons sailboat HMS Victory runs aground   

1769  Giuseppe Farinelli, composer on May - 07.   

1771  On this day in history samuel Hearne arrives at the mouth of the Coppermine River and views the Arctic Coast.   

1771  Samuel Hearne explores the Copper Mine River of Canada on May - 07.   

1771  On May - 07 samuel Hearne explores Copper Mine River of Canada   

1775  On this day in history turkish state of Bukovina secedes from Austria   

1789  On this day in history the first inaugural ball (for George Washington in New York NY)   

1789  On May - 07 the first U S inagural ball is held in New York to honor President and Mrs George Washington   

1789  1st inaugurational ball (for George Washington in NYC) on this day in history.   

1792  On this day in history captain Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington)   

1792  On this day in history capt Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington)   

1792  On May - 07 aert Schouman, Dutch bird/portrait painter, dies at 82   

1793  Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt admiral (battle of Doggersbank), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1795  On May - 07 gerhard M Roentgen, industrialist (founder dockyard Fijenoord)   

1800  Indiana Territory organized on this day in history.   

1800  On this day in history laurens P van Spiegel, regent/pension advisor (1787-95), dies at 64   

1803  Johan Peter Cronhamm, composer on this day in history.   

1812  On this day in history the birth of Robert Browning, English poet   

1812  On May - 07 robert Browning, London England, poet (Pied Piper)   

1814  On this day in history franz Volrath Buttstett, composer, dies at 79   

1818  Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1824  On May - 07 beethoven's 9th (Chorale) Symphony, premieres in Vienna   

1825  On this day in history antonio Salieri, Italian composer, dies in Vienna at 74   

1826  Varina Howell Davis, 1st lady (Confederacy), died in 1905 on May - 07.   

1827  On May - 07 francis Engle Patterson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862   

1832  Greece becomes independent republic on May - 07.   

1832  On this day in history otto of Bavaria is chosen king of Greece   

1832  Carl G Neumann, German mathematician/physicist (Neumann-functions) on this day in history.   

1833  On May - 07 the birth of Johannes Brahms, German composer and friend of Schumanns   

1833  On May - 07 johannes Brahms, Hamburg Germany, composer   

1836  On this day in history the settlement of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico is elevated to the royal status of villa by the government of Spain.   

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1328  Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1365) was born on this day in history.   

1530  On this day in history birth of louis I Condé, French prince/leader of hugenots   

1574  Innocent X, [Giambattista Pamfili], 236th pope (1644-55) was born on May - 07.   

1643  On May - 07 birth of stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700)   

1700  On this day in history birth of gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist   

1704  On May - 07 birth of carl Heinrich Graun, composer   

1724  Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797) was born on May - 07.   

1740  On May - 07 birth of nikolai Arkharov, Russian general (d. 1814)   

0685  On May - 07 marwan I ibn al-Hakam, 4th kalief of Omajjaden (684-85), dies   

0973  On this day in history otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at 60   

1092  Death of Remigius de Fécamp, first bishop of Lincoln (b. unknown) on this day in history.   

1166  On May - 07 death of willem I, the Bad, king of Sicily (1154-66)   

1205  On this day in history ladislaus III Arpad, King of Hungary (1204-05), dies at 5 or 6   

1427  Death of Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English churchman on this day in history.   

1523  Franz von Sickingen, Germ knight/protect of poor, dies of wounds at 42 on this day in history.   

1539  Death of Guru Nanak Dev, Founder of Sikhism (b. 1469) on May - 07.