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  Carl Ethan Akeley, US, naturalist, devoleped animal mount process on May - 19.   

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

1865  On May - 19 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 May - 19 federico Gerdes, composer   

1874  Gilbert Laird Jessop, cricketer (The Croucher) on May - 19.   

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

1878  On this day in history blanche Kelso Bruce appointed register of treasury by President Garfield   

1878  Blanche Kelso Bruce appointed register of treasury by Pres Garfield on this day in history.   

1878  On this day in history adam von Ahn Carse, composer   

1879  On this day in history 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 this day in history commodore Shufeldt (USS Swatara) lands in Korea to negotiate first treaty between Korea and Western power   

1883  On this day in history henricus WJM Keuls, Dutch lawyer/poet (Dancing Lamp)   

1884  On this day in history ringling Brothers circus premieres   

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

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

1885  On this day in history 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  On May - 19 camille Saint-Saëns' 3rd Symphony in C, premieres   

1890  On May - 19 the birth of Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese leader, after whom Saigon was renamed   

1890  Ho Chi Minh, trail blazer/leader of Vietnam (1946, 1969) on this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1893  Heavy rain wash "quick clay" into a deep valley, kills 111 (Norway) on May - 19.   

1895  On this day in history albert Hay Malotte, composer   

1895  Jose J Marti y Perez, Spanish/Cuban poet (Versos sencillos), dies on this day in history.   

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1469  Giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor was born on this day in history.   

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

1616  On this day in history birth of johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer   

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 May - 19.   

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

1746  On May - 19 birth of johann Friedrich Peter, composer   

1755  On this day in history birth of gabriele Prota, composer   

0804  On this day in history alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69   

0988  On this day in history dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies   

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 May - 19 death of dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350)   

1526  On May - 19 death of emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464)   

1531  On May - 19 death of jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456)