Page 3: Historical Events In May - 31

1859  On this day in history phila A's organize to play "town ball" became baseball 20 years later   

1860  Walter Richard Sickert Munich, Danish/English painter (The Miner) on May - 31.   

1861  On this day in history general Beauregard is given command of Confederate Alexandria Line   

1861  Mint at New Orleans closes on May - 31.   

1861  Gen Beauregard is given command of Confederate Alexandria Line on this day in history.   

1861  Emily Perkins Bissell, welfare worker (1st christmas seal drive, 1907) on May - 31.   

1862  On this day in history battle of Seven Pines VA (Fair Oaks); North defeats South   

1862  On this day in history battle of Seven Pines VA (Fair Oaks)   

1862  Robert Hatton, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at about 34 on May - 31.   

1863  On May - 31 francis E Younghusband, British journalist/explorer   

1864  Raid at Morgan's Kentucky on this day in history.   

1864  On May - 31 albert J M Bakker, Dutch actor (Teun the night watch)   

1866  On May - 31 vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov, composer   

1868  First Memorial Day parade held in Ironton OH on May - 31.   

1868  1st Memorial Day parade held in Ironton, Ohio on this day in history.   

1870  Congress passes first Enforcement Act (rights of blacks) on this day in history.   

1870  E J DeSemdt patents asphalt pavement on May - 31.   

1870  Congress passes 1st Enforcement Act (rights of blacks) on this day in history.   

1872  Charles G Abbot, US, astronomer (Constant Sun) on this day in history.   

1875  On May - 31 italo Montemezzi, composer   

1878  On May - 31 german battleship Grosser Kurfürst sinks, 284 killed   

1878  On this day in history uS Congress accept decrease in dollar circulation   

1878  German battleship Grosser Kurfurst sinks, 284 killed on May - 31.   

1879  On May - 31 first electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition   

1879  On May - 31 madison Square Garden opens its doors   

1879  1st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition on May - 31.   

1879  Mark Hambourg, composer on May - 31.   

1880  League of American Wheelmen (1st US bicycle assn), forms in Newport RI on this day in history.   

1883  On May - 31 french fleet under Pierre begins siege of Tamatave, Madagascar   

1884  Dr John Harvey Kellogg patents "flaked cereal" on May - 31.   

1887  On May - 31 saint-John Perse, France, poet/diplomat (Nobel 1960) [or Mar 31]   

1888  On this day in history jack Holt, US, golddigger/actor (Cat People, San Francisco, Brimstone)   

1889  On May - 31 johnstown Flood; 2,209 die in Pennsylvania   

1889  The Johnstown Flood kills 2,000 to 5,000 Pennsylvanians in a city of 30,000 on this day in history.   

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1443  On May - 31 birth of lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509)   

1469  On this day in history birth of manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration   

1472  Erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal was born on this day in history.   

1557  On this day in history birth of theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98)   

1557  On May - 31 birth of feodor I of Russia (d. 1598)   

1613  John George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680) was born on May - 31.   

1640  On this day in history birth of michaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673)   

1656  On May - 31 birth of marin Marias, composer   

0455  Death of Petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched on May - 31.   

1091  On this day in history hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies   

1198  Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies on this day in history.   

1246  On May - 31 death of isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England   

1349  On May - 31 death of thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297)   

1408  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358)   

1410  On this day in history death of king Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356)   

1495  Death of Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415) on May - 31.