Historical Events In May - 19

1864  Skirmish at Cassville GA on this day in history.   

1864  On May - 19 battle of Port Walthall Junction, VA (Bermuda Hundred)   

1864  On May - 19 carl Ethan Akeley, US, naturalist, devoleped animal mount process   

1864  On this day in history nathaniel Hawthorne, US, writer (Scarlet Letter), dies   

1865  President Jefferson Davis is captured by Union Cavalry in Georgia on May - 19.   

1869  Jules Poncelet, Belgian minister of State on this day in history.   

1872  On this day in history johan van Dale, schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Wordbook), dies at 44   

1873  On this day in history federico Gerdes, composer   

1874  On May - 19 gilbert Laird Jessop, cricketer (The Croucher)   

1876  On this day in history guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian/politician, dies at 74   

1878  On May - 19 blanche Kelso Bruce appointed register of treasury by President Garfield   

1878  On this day in history blanche Kelso Bruce appointed register of treasury by Pres Garfield   

1878  On this day in history adam von Ahn Carse, composer   

1879  On May - 19 nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, US/Eng's feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor   

1880  Allard R Hulshoff, architect of Amsterdam (1924) on May - 19.   

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  On May - 19 arthur Meulemans, Belgian composer (Adriaan Brouwer) (or 5/10)   

1885  On May - 19 german chancellor Bismarck takes possession of Cameroon &Togoland   

1885  The first mass production of shoes (Jan Matzeliger in Lynn MA) on May - 19.   

1885  1st mass production of shoes (Jan Matzeliger in Lynn, Massachusetts) on May - 19.   

1886  On May - 19 camille Saint-Saëns' 3rd Symphony in C, premieres   

1890  The birth of Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese leader, after whom Saigon was renamed on May - 19.   

1890  On May - 19 ho Chi Minh, trail blazer/leader of Vietnam (1946, 1969)   

1890  On this day in history gus Kempis, cricketer (S Africa's 1st Test), dies of fever at 24   

1891  Rice Institute, which became Rice University, is chartered on May - 19.   

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 May - 19 konstatin G Paustovski, Russian author (Povestj Zjizni) [OS]   

1893  Heavy rain washes "quick clay" into a deep valley, kills 111 (Norway) on this day in history.   

1893  On this day in history heavy rain wash "quick clay" into a deep valley, kills 111 (Norway)   

1895  On this day in history albert Hay Malotte, composer   

1895  Jose J Marti y Perez, Spanish/Cuban poet (Versos sencillos), dies on May - 19.   

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1469  On this day in history birth of giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor   

1611  On this day in history birth of innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89)   

1616  Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer was born on this day in history.   

1700  On May - 19 birth of josé de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770)   

1724  Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779) was born on this day in history.   

1744  On May - 19 birth of charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818)   

1746  Johann Friedrich Peter, composer was born on May - 19.   

1755  On this day in history birth of gabriele Prota, composer   

0804  Alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69 on this day in history.   

0988  On this day in history dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies   

1125  On May - 19 death of vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053)   

1296  On May - 19 celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies   

1319  On this day in history death of louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276)   

1389  On May - 19 death of dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350)   

1526  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464)   

1531  Death of Jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456) on May - 19.