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 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  On this day in history jules Poncelet, Belgian minister of State   

1872  Johan van Dale, schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Wordbook), dies at 44 on May - 19.   

1873  On this day in history federico Gerdes, composer   

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 this day in history.   

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

1878  Adam von Ahn Carse, composer on this day in history.   

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 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  Ringling Brothers circus premieres on May - 19.   

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  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  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  On this day in history 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 May - 19.   

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

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

1611  On May - 19 birth of innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89)   

1616  On May - 19 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history 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  Death of Louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276) on May - 19.   

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