Page 3: Historical Events In May - 19

1864  Skirmish at Cassville GA on this day in history.   

1864  On May - 19 battle of Port Walthall Junction, VA (Bermuda Hundred)   

1864  On this day in history carl Ethan Akeley, US, naturalist, devoleped animal mount process   

1864  On this day in history nathaniel Hawthorne, US, writer (Scarlet Letter), dies   

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

1869  On May - 19 jules Poncelet, Belgian minister of State   

1872  On this day in history johan van Dale, schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Wordbook), dies at 44   

1873  Federico Gerdes, composer on May - 19.   

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 this day in history blanche Kelso Bruce appointed register of treasury by Pres Garfield   

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

1879  On this day in history nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, US/Eng's feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor   

1880  Allard R Hulshoff, architect of Amsterdam (1924) on this day in history.   

1882  Commodore Shufeldt (USS Swatara) lands in Korea to negotiate first treaty between Korea and Western power on May - 19.   

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  On May - 19 german chancellor Bismarck takes possession of Cameroon &Togoland   

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

1885  On this day in history 1st mass production of shoes (Jan Matzeliger in Lynn, Massachusetts)   

1886  On this day in history camille Saint-Saëns' 3rd Symphony in C, premieres   

1890  The birth of Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese leader, after whom Saigon was renamed on this day in history.   

1890  On this day in history ho Chi Minh, trail blazer/leader of Vietnam (1946, 1969)   

1890  Gus Kempis, cricketer (S Africa's 1st Test), dies of fever at 24 on May - 19.   

1891  On May - 19 rice Institute, which became Rice University, is chartered   

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  On this day in history heavy rain wash "quick clay" into a deep valley, kills 111 (Norway)   

1895  Albert Hay Malotte, composer on May - 19.   

1895  On this day in history jose J Marti y Perez, Spanish/Cuban poet (Versos sencillos), dies   

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

1611  On this day in history birth of innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89)   

1616  Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1746  Johann Friedrich Peter, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1125  Death of Vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053) on this day in history.   

1296  On May - 19 celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies   

1319  On May - 19 death of louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276)   

1389  Death of Dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350) on May - 19.   

1526  Death of Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464) on May - 19.   

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