Page 3: Historical Events In May - 19

1864  On this day in history skirmish at Cassville GA   

1864  On this day in history battle of Port Walthall Junction, VA (Bermuda Hundred)   

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

1873  On this day in history 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  On May - 19 blanche Kelso Bruce appointed register of treasury by President Garfield   

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

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

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

1880  On this day in history allard R Hulshoff, architect of Amsterdam (1924)   

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 May - 19.   

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

1885  The first mass production of shoes (Jan Matzeliger in Lynn MA) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1890  On this day in history the birth of Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese leader, after whom Saigon was renamed   

1890  On May - 19 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  Rice Institute, which became Rice University, is chartered on May - 19.   

1892  On May - 19 charles Brady King invents pneumatic hammer   

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

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 May - 19.   

1893  On this day in history 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  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  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 May - 19.   

1744  Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818) was born on May - 19.   

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

1755  Gabriele Prota, composer was born on May - 19.   

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  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 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)