Page 3: Historical Events In May - 19

1864  Skirmish at Cassville GA on May - 19.   

1864  Battle of Port Walthall Junction, VA (Bermuda Hundred) on May - 19.   

1864  Carl Ethan Akeley, US, naturalist, devoleped animal mount process on this day in history.   

1864  Nathaniel Hawthorne, US, writer (Scarlet Letter), dies on May - 19.   

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

1869  Jules Poncelet, Belgian minister of State on May - 19.   

1872  Johan van Dale, schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Wordbook), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1873  On May - 19 federico Gerdes, composer   

1874  On this day in history gilbert Laird Jessop, cricketer (The Croucher)   

1876  On this day in history guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian/politician, dies at 74   

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

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

1878  On May - 19 adam von Ahn Carse, composer   

1879  Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, US/Eng's feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor on May - 19.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1884  On May - 19 ringling Brothers circus premieres   

1884  Arthur Meulemans, Belgian composer (Adriaan Brouwer) (or 5/10) on May - 19.   

1885  On May - 19 german chancellor Bismarck takes possession of Cameroon &Togoland   

1885  The first mass production of shoes (Jan Matzeliger in Lynn MA) on May - 19.   

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

1886  Camille Saint-Saëns' 3rd Symphony in C, premieres on May - 19.   

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

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  On this day in history 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 May - 19.   

1892  Konstatin G Paustovski, Russian author (Povestj Zjizni) [OS] on May - 19.   

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  On May - 19 jose J Marti y Perez, Spanish/Cuban poet (Versos sencillos), dies   

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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 this day in history.   

1700  On May - 19 birth of josé de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770)   

1724  On May - 19 birth of augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779)   

1744  On this day in history birth of charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818)   

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

1755  Gabriele Prota, composer was born on this day in history.   

0804  Alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69 on May - 19.   

0988  On May - 19 dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies   

1125  On this day in history death of vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053)   

1296  Celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies on May - 19.   

1319  On this day in history 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  On May - 19 death of emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464)   

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