Page 3: Historical Events In May - 19

1864  On this day in history skirmish at Cassville GA   

1864  Battle of Port Walthall Junction, VA (Bermuda Hundred) on this day in history.   

1864  On this day in history carl Ethan Akeley, US, naturalist, devoleped animal mount process   

1864  Nathaniel Hawthorne, US, writer (Scarlet Letter), dies on May - 19.   

1865  President Jefferson Davis is captured by Union Cavalry in Georgia on this day in history.   

1869  Jules Poncelet, Belgian minister of State on May - 19.   

1872  Johan van Dale, schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Wordbook), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1873  On May - 19 federico Gerdes, composer   

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

1876  On May - 19 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  Blanche Kelso Bruce appointed register of treasury by Pres Garfield on May - 19.   

1878  On May - 19 adam von Ahn Carse, composer   

1879  Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, US/Eng's feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor on May - 19.   

1880  On this day in history allard R Hulshoff, architect of Amsterdam (1924)   

1882  On this day in history commodore Shufeldt (USS Swatara) lands in Korea to negotiate first treaty between Korea and Western power   

1883  Henricus WJM Keuls, Dutch lawyer/poet (Dancing Lamp) on this day in history.   

1884  Ringling Brothers circus premieres on May - 19.   

1884  Arthur Meulemans, Belgian composer (Adriaan Brouwer) (or 5/10) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1885  1st mass production of shoes (Jan Matzeliger in Lynn, Massachusetts) on this day in history.   

1886  Camille Saint-Saëns' 3rd Symphony in C, premieres on this day in history.   

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

1890  Ho Chi Minh, trail blazer/leader of Vietnam (1946, 1969) on May - 19.   

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 this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history charles Brady King invents pneumatic hammer   

1892  National Society of Colonial Dames of America founded on this day in history.   

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 May - 19.   

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

1895  Albert Hay Malotte, composer on May - 19.   

1895  On May - 19 jose J Marti y Perez, Spanish/Cuban poet (Versos sencillos), dies   

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1469  On May - 19 birth of giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor   

1611  Innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89) was born on this day in history.   

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

1700  José de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770) was born on May - 19.   

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

1744  Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818) was born on this day in history.   

1746  Johann Friedrich Peter, composer was born on this day in history.   

1755  Gabriele Prota, composer was born on this day in history.   

0804  Alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69 on May - 19.   

0988  Dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies on May - 19.   

1125  Death of Vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053) on May - 19.   

1296  Celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies on this day in history.   

1319  On May - 19 death of louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276)   

1389  On this day in history death of dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350)   

1526  Death of Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464) on May - 19.   

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