Page 3: 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  Walter Richard Sickert Munich, Danish/English painter (The Miner) on this day in history.   

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

1861  Mint at New Orleans closes on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history gen Beauregard is given command of Confederate Alexandria Line   

1861  Emily Perkins Bissell, welfare worker (1st christmas seal drive, 1907) on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history battle of Seven Pines VA (Fair Oaks); North defeats South   

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

1862  Robert Hatton, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at about 34 on this day in history.   

1863  Francis E Younghusband, British journalist/explorer on May - 31.   

1864  Raid at Morgan's Kentucky on this day in history.   

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

1866  Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov, composer on this day in history.   

1868  On this day in history first Memorial Day parade held in Ironton OH   

1868  On this day in history 1st Memorial Day parade held in Ironton, Ohio   

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

1870  E J DeSemdt patents asphalt pavement on May - 31.   

1870  On May - 31 congress passes 1st Enforcement Act (rights of blacks)   

1872  Charles G Abbot, US, astronomer (Constant Sun) on May - 31.   

1875  Italo Montemezzi, composer on May - 31.   

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

1878  On May - 31 uS Congress accept decrease in dollar circulation   

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

1879  On this day in history first electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition   

1879  Madison Square Garden opens its doors on this day in history.   

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

1879  On May - 31 mark Hambourg, composer   

1880  On May - 31 league of American Wheelmen (1st US bicycle assn), forms in Newport RI   

1883  French fleet under Pierre begins siege of Tamatave, Madagascar on May - 31.   

1884  On this day in history dr John Harvey Kellogg patents "flaked cereal"   

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

1888  Jack Holt, US, golddigger/actor (Cat People, San Francisco, Brimstone) on this day in history.   

1889  Johnstown Flood; 2,209 die in Pennsylvania on this day in history.   

1889  The Johnstown Flood kills 2,000 to 5,000 Pennsylvanians in a city of 30,000 on May - 31.   

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1443  Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509) was born on May - 31.   

1469  On May - 31 birth of manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration   

1472  On this day in history birth of erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal   

1557  On May - 31 birth of theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98)   

1557  Feodor I of Russia (d. 1598) was born on May - 31.   

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 May - 31.   

1656  On this day in history birth of marin Marias, composer   

0455  On this day in history death of petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched   

1091  Hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies on May - 31.   

1198  On May - 31 moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies   

1246  On May - 31 death of isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England   

1349  Death of Thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297) on this day in history.   

1408  Death of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358) on May - 31.   

1410  Death of King Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356) on May - 31.   

1495  Death of Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415) on this day in history.