Page 3: Historical Events In May - 19

1864  On May - 19 skirmish at Cassville GA   

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

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

1864  On May - 19 nathaniel Hawthorne, US, writer (Scarlet Letter), dies   

1865  On this day in history president Jefferson Davis is captured by Union Cavalry in Georgia   

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 this day in history gilbert Laird Jessop, cricketer (The Croucher)   

1876  Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian/politician, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1878  Blanche Kelso Bruce appointed register of treasury by President Garfield on May - 19.   

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

1878  Adam von Ahn Carse, composer on May - 19.   

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

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

1882  On May - 19 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 this day in history.   

1884  On this day in history arthur Meulemans, Belgian composer (Adriaan Brouwer) (or 5/10)   

1885  German chancellor Bismarck takes possession of Cameroon &Togoland on this day in history.   

1885  On May - 19 the first mass production of shoes (Jan Matzeliger in Lynn MA)   

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

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1892  On May - 19 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  On this day in history heavy rain washes "quick clay" into a deep valley, kills 111 (Norway)   

1893  On May - 19 heavy rain wash "quick clay" into a deep valley, kills 111 (Norway)   

1895  Albert Hay Malotte, composer on this day in history.   

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

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1469  Giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor was born on May - 19.   

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 May - 19.   

1700  On this day in history 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  Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818) was born on May - 19.   

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

1755  Gabriele Prota, composer was born on May - 19.   

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 May - 19.   

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

1296  On this day in history 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 May - 19.   

1531  On this day in history death of jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456)