Page 4: Historical Events In May - 19

1896  On May - 19 first automobile (Benz) to arrive in Netherlands   

1896  On this day in history 1st auto (Benz) to arrive in Netherlands   

1896  On this day in history michael Balcon, Birmingham England, producer/father of Jill Balcon   

1897  Oscar Wilde is released from Reading Gaol on May - 19.   

1898  On this day in history post Office authorizes use of postcards   

1899  On May - 19 leonid Maksimovich Leonov, novelist/playwright   

1900  Great Britain annexes Tonga archipelago on this day in history.   

1901  Ivo Cruz, composer on May - 19.   

1901  On May - 19 marthinus Wessels Pretorius, 1st pres Rep South-Africa, dies at 81   

1902  On this day in history great Britain &Boers resume peace talks in Pretoria   

1902  On this day in history great Britain & Boers resume peace talks in Pretoria   

1903  On this day in history arthur Shrewsbury, cricketer (1277 runs at 35 47 in 23 Tests), dies   

1904  Anthony Bushell, Kent England, actor (Journey's End) on May - 19.   

1905  Italian King Victor Emmanuel &Swiss President open world's longest railroad tunnel (Simplon) links Iselle Italy &Brig Switzerland on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history tom Jenkins beats Frank Gotcha for heavyweight wrestling champ   

1906  Federated Boys' Club (Boys' Club of America) organizes on this day in history.   

1906  Portugal's King Carlos I names Joao Franco premier on May - 19.   

1906  The last British soldiers leave Canada on May - 19.   

1906  On this day in history dutch King Victor Emmanuel & Swiss president open Simplon tunnel   

1909  Jack Johnson fights Jack O'Brien to no decision in 6 for boxing title on this day in history.   

1909  Bruce Bennett, Tacoma Wash, actor (Before I Hang, Sahara) on May - 19.   

1910  On May - 19 cleve Indian Cy Young gets his 500th win, beats Wash 5-4 in 11 innings   

1910  Alan Melville, cricketer (graceful South African batsman 1938-49) on this day in history.   

1911  On May - 19 maurice Ravels opera "L'Heure Espagnole," premieres in Paris   

1912  American League president Ban Johnson tells Tigers if they continue protest of Ty Cobb's suspension, they will be banned from baseball on May - 19.   

1912  Navy establishes North Atlantic Ice Patrol following RMS Titanic disaster on May - 19.   

1912  On this day in history aL Pres Ban Johnson tells Tigers if they continue protest of Ty Cobb's suspension, they will be banned from baseball   

1913  On this day in history webb Alien Land-Holding Bill passes, forbidding Japs from owning land   

1913  Albert Hardy, photographer on May - 19.   

1915  On May - 19 australians repel major Turkish attack on their positions at Gallipoli   

1915  On this day in history death on Gallipoli of Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick of "Simpson and his donkey" fame   

1915  On May - 19 lance Corporal Albert Jacka, 14th Battalion, AIF, becomes the first Australian to win a Victoria Cross in World War One for his action at Gallipoli, Turkey   

1916  Escadrille Américaine (Lafayette) transfered to Verdun on May - 19.   

1916  Escadrille Américaine (Lafayette) transfered to Verdun on this day in history.   

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

1611  On May - 19 birth of innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89)   

1616  Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer was born on May - 19.   

1700  José de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770) was born on this day in history.   

1724  Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779) was born on May - 19.   

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

1746  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Peter, composer   

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

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

0988  Dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies on this day in history.   

1125  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.   

1531  Death of Jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456) on this day in history.