Historical Events In May - 31

1859  On this day in history phila A's organize to play "town ball" became baseball 20 years later   

1860  On this day in history walter Richard Sickert Munich, Danish/English painter (The Miner)   

1861  On May - 31 general Beauregard is given command of Confederate Alexandria Line   

1861  On this day in history mint at New Orleans closes   

1861  Gen Beauregard is given command of Confederate Alexandria Line on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history emily Perkins Bissell, welfare worker (1st christmas seal drive, 1907)   

1862  Battle of Seven Pines VA (Fair Oaks); North defeats South on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history battle of Seven Pines VA (Fair Oaks)   

1862  On this day in history robert Hatton, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at about 34   

1863  On May - 31 francis E Younghusband, British journalist/explorer   

1864  On May - 31 raid at Morgan's Kentucky   

1864  Albert J M Bakker, Dutch actor (Teun the night watch) on May - 31.   

1866  On May - 31 vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov, composer   

1868  First Memorial Day parade held in Ironton OH on this day in history.   

1868  1st Memorial Day parade held in Ironton, Ohio on May - 31.   

1870  On this day in history congress passes first Enforcement Act (rights of blacks)   

1870  On this day in history e J DeSemdt patents asphalt pavement   

1870  Congress passes 1st Enforcement Act (rights of blacks) on this day in history.   

1872  On May - 31 charles G Abbot, US, astronomer (Constant Sun)   

1875  On this day in history italo Montemezzi, composer   

1878  On this day in history german battleship Grosser Kurfürst sinks, 284 killed   

1878  On this day in history uS Congress accept decrease in dollar circulation   

1878  German battleship Grosser Kurfurst sinks, 284 killed on this day in history.   

1879  First electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition on May - 31.   

1879  On May - 31 madison Square Garden opens its doors   

1879  On May - 31 1st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition   

1879  Mark Hambourg, composer on May - 31.   

1880  League of American Wheelmen (1st US bicycle assn), forms in Newport RI on this day in history.   

1883  On this day in history french fleet under Pierre begins siege of Tamatave, Madagascar   

1884  Dr John Harvey Kellogg patents "flaked cereal" on May - 31.   

1887  On this day in history saint-John Perse, France, poet/diplomat (Nobel 1960) [or Mar 31]   

1888  On this day in history jack Holt, US, golddigger/actor (Cat People, San Francisco, Brimstone)   

1889  On this day in history johnstown Flood; 2,209 die in Pennsylvania   

1889  On this day in history the Johnstown Flood kills 2,000 to 5,000 Pennsylvanians in a city of 30,000   

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1443  Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509) was born on this day in history.   

1469  Manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration was born on May - 31.   

1472  Erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal was born on May - 31.   

1557  Theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98) was born on May - 31.   

1557  On this day in history birth of feodor I of Russia (d. 1598)   

1613  On this day in history birth of john George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680)   

1640  MichaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673) was born on this day in history.   

1656  Marin Marias, composer was born on this day in history.   

0455  On May - 31 death of petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched   

1091  Hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies on this day in history.   

1198  Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies on this day in history.   

1246  Death of Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England on this day in history.   

1349  On this day in history death of thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297)   

1408  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358)   

1410  Death of King Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356) on this day in history.   

1495  Death of Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415) on May - 31.