Page 3: Historical Events In May - 31

1859  On May - 31 phila A's organize to play "town ball" became baseball 20 years later   

1860  On May - 31 walter Richard Sickert Munich, Danish/English painter (The Miner)   

1861  On May - 31 general Beauregard is given command of Confederate Alexandria Line   

1861  On this day in history mint at New Orleans closes   

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

1861  On May - 31 emily Perkins Bissell, welfare worker (1st christmas seal drive, 1907)   

1862  Battle of Seven Pines VA (Fair Oaks); North defeats South on May - 31.   

1862  Battle of Seven Pines VA (Fair Oaks) on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history robert Hatton, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at about 34   

1863  On this day in history francis E Younghusband, British journalist/explorer   

1864  On May - 31 raid at Morgan's Kentucky   

1864  Albert J M Bakker, Dutch actor (Teun the night watch) on this day in history.   

1866  Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov, composer on May - 31.   

1868  On this day in history first Memorial Day parade held in Ironton OH   

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

1870  On May - 31 congress passes first Enforcement Act (rights of blacks)   

1870  E J DeSemdt patents asphalt pavement on this day in history.   

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

1872  On May - 31 charles G Abbot, US, astronomer (Constant Sun)   

1875  Italo Montemezzi, composer on May - 31.   

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

1878  US Congress accept decrease in dollar circulation on this day in history.   

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

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

1879  Madison Square Garden opens its doors on this day in history.   

1879  1st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition on this day in history.   

1879  On this day in history mark Hambourg, composer   

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

1883  On this day in history french fleet under Pierre begins siege of Tamatave, Madagascar   

1884  On this day in history dr John Harvey Kellogg patents "flaked cereal"   

1887  Saint-John Perse, France, poet/diplomat (Nobel 1960) [or Mar 31] on this day in history.   

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

1889  On this day in history 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  Manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration was born on this day in history.   

1472  Erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal was born on May - 31.   

1557  Theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98) was born on May - 31.   

1557  Feodor I of Russia (d. 1598) was born on May - 31.   

1613  John George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.   

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

1656  On this day in history birth of marin Marias, composer   

0455  On this day in history death of petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched   

1091  Hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies on May - 31.   

1198  On May - 31 moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies   

1246  Death of Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England on this day in history.   

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 May - 31 death of king Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356)   

1495  On this day in history death of cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415)