Historical Events In June - 05

1863  On this day in history cSS "Alabama" captures the "Tailsman" in the Mid Atlantic   

1863  On this day in history battle of Franklin's Crossing, VA (Deep Run)   

1863  Arthur Somervell, composer on this day in history.   

1864  On this day in history battle of Piedmont, VA (Augusta City)   

1864  William Edmonson "Grumble" Jones, Conf brig-gen, dies in battle at 39 on this day in history.   

1868  On this day in history anselm Huttenbrenner, composer, dies at 73   

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

1870  On this day in history constantinople in fire; 900 die   

1872  Republican National Convention meets (Phila) on this day in history.   

1873  Sultan Bargash closes slave market of Zanzibar on this day in history.   

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 June - 05 johan W Albarda, 1st Dutch socialist minister (1939-45)   

1878  On this day in history the birth of Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary   

1878  On this day in history franklyn Farnum, actor (Cowboy & Bandit, Scarlet Car, Frontier Days)   

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

1879  On June - 05 adolf Wiklund, composer   

1880  Jacobus J Cremer, painter/author (Betuwsche Novellen), dies at 52 on June - 05.   

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  Igor F Stravinsky, Oranienbaum Russia, composer (Rite of Spring) [OS] on June - 05.   

1883  On June - 05 john Maynard Keynes, Cambridge England, economist/math/journalist   

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  Ivy Compton-Burnett, novelist on June - 05.   

1885  On June - 05 j Palisa discovers asteroid #248 Lameia   

1885  On this day in history georges Mandel, [Louis Rothschild], French Foreign minister (-1940)   

1885  Julius Benedict, composer (Protoghesi), dies at 80 on June - 05.   

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

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

1888  Democrats nominate Grover Cleveland for president on June - 05.   

1888  Raden Mas Nato Suroto, Indonesia, poet (Melatiknoppen) on this day in history.   

1892  On June - 05 alexander Loudon, diplomat (Washington)   

1894  Immanuel Faisst, composer, dies at 70 on June - 05.   

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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 June - 05 birth of justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (d. 1555)   

1523  On June - 05 birth of margaret of France, Duchess of Berry (d. 1573)   

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

1554  On June - 05 birth of elisabeth of Austria, queen consort of France (d. 1592)   

1640  Pu Songling, Chinese writer (d. 1715) was born on this day in history.   

1646  Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician (d. 1684) was born on June - 05.   

1660  On June - 05 birth of sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (d. 1744)   

0535  On this day in history death of epiphanius of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople   

0754  On this day in history boniface, [Winfrid], English saint/archbishop (Dokkum), dies at 79   

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

1118  On this day in history death of robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester   

1288  On June - 05 hendrik VI, earl of Luxembourg/Laroche (1281-88), dies in battle   

1296  Death of Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (b. 1245) on this day in history.   

1383  Death of Dmitry Konstantinovich, Russian prince (b. 1324) on June - 05.   

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