Historical Events In May - 19
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1864 On May - 19 skirmish at Cassville GA
1864 Battle of Port Walthall Junction, VA (Bermuda Hundred) on this day in history.
1864 Carl Ethan Akeley, US, naturalist, devoleped animal mount process on May - 19.
1864 Nathaniel Hawthorne, US, writer (Scarlet Letter), dies on May - 19.
1865 On this day in history president Jefferson Davis is captured by Union Cavalry in Georgia
1869 Jules Poncelet, Belgian minister of State on May - 19.
1872 Johan van Dale, schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Wordbook), dies at 44 on May - 19.
1873 On May - 19 federico Gerdes, composer
1874 On May - 19 gilbert Laird Jessop, cricketer (The Croucher)
1876 Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian/politician, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1878 On May - 19 blanche Kelso Bruce appointed register of treasury by President Garfield
1878 Blanche Kelso Bruce appointed register of treasury by Pres Garfield on this day in history.
1878 Adam von Ahn Carse, composer on May - 19.
1879 Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, US/Eng's feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor on this day in history.
1880 Allard R Hulshoff, architect of Amsterdam (1924) on this day in history.
1882 Commodore Shufeldt (USS Swatara) lands in Korea to negotiate first treaty between Korea and Western power on this day in history.
1883 Henricus WJM Keuls, Dutch lawyer/poet (Dancing Lamp) on this day in history.
1884 On this day in history ringling Brothers circus premieres
1884 Arthur Meulemans, Belgian composer (Adriaan Brouwer) (or 5/10) on May - 19.
1885 On May - 19 german chancellor Bismarck takes possession of Cameroon &Togoland
1885 On May - 19 the first mass production of shoes (Jan Matzeliger in Lynn MA)
1885 On this day in history 1st mass production of shoes (Jan Matzeliger in Lynn, Massachusetts)
1886 Camille Saint-Saëns' 3rd Symphony in C, premieres on May - 19.
1890 On this day in history the birth of Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese leader, after whom Saigon was renamed
1890 Ho Chi Minh, trail blazer/leader of Vietnam (1946, 1969) on May - 19.
1890 On May - 19 gus Kempis, cricketer (S Africa's 1st Test), dies of fever at 24
1891 On May - 19 rice Institute, which became Rice University, is chartered
1892 On this day in history charles Brady King invents pneumatic hammer
1892 National Society of Colonial Dames of America founded on May - 19.
1892 On this day in history konstatin G Paustovski, Russian author (Povestj Zjizni) [OS]
1893 On May - 19 heavy rain washes "quick clay" into a deep valley, kills 111 (Norway)
1893 On May - 19 heavy rain wash "quick clay" into a deep valley, kills 111 (Norway)
1895 On May - 19 albert Hay Malotte, composer
1895 Jose J Marti y Perez, Spanish/Cuban poet (Versos sencillos), dies on May - 19.
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