Page 3: Historical Events In May - 19

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

1865  President Jefferson Davis is captured by Union Cavalry in Georgia on May - 19.   

1869  Jules Poncelet, Belgian minister of State on this day in history.   

1872  On May - 19 johan van Dale, schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Wordbook), dies at 44   

1873  Federico Gerdes, composer on May - 19.   

1874  On May - 19 gilbert Laird Jessop, cricketer (The Croucher)   

1876  Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian/politician, dies at 74 on May - 19.   

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  On this day in history adam von Ahn Carse, composer   

1879  Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, US/Eng's feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor on this day in history.   

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

1884  On this day in history ringling Brothers circus premieres   

1884  On May - 19 arthur Meulemans, Belgian composer (Adriaan Brouwer) (or 5/10)   

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

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

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

1890  Ho Chi Minh, trail blazer/leader of Vietnam (1946, 1969) on May - 19.   

1890  On May - 19 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  Charles Brady King invents pneumatic hammer on this day in history.   

1892  On May - 19 national Society of Colonial Dames of America founded   

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

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  Albert Hay Malotte, composer on May - 19.   

1895  On May - 19 jose J Marti y Perez, Spanish/Cuban poet (Versos sencillos), dies   

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1469  On May - 19 birth of giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor   

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  José de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770) was born on May - 19.   

1724  On this day in history birth of augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779)   

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

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  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  On this day in history celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies   

1319  Death of Louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276) on this day in history.   

1389  On May - 19 death of dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350)   

1526  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464)   

1531  Death of Jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456) on May - 19.