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

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

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

1862  On May - 31 battle of Seven Pines VA (Fair Oaks); North defeats South   

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

1862  On May - 31 robert Hatton, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at about 34   

1863  Francis E Younghusband, British journalist/explorer on this day in history.   

1864  Raid at Morgan's Kentucky on May - 31.   

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

1866  Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov, composer on May - 31.   

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

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

1870  On this day in history 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 this day in history charles G Abbot, US, astronomer (Constant Sun)   

1875  On this day in history 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  On May - 31 german battleship Grosser Kurfurst sinks, 284 killed   

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

1879  On May - 31 madison Square Garden opens its doors   

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

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  French fleet under Pierre begins siege of Tamatave, Madagascar on this day in history.   

1884  Dr John Harvey Kellogg patents "flaked cereal" on this day in history.   

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  Johnstown Flood; 2,209 die in Pennsylvania on May - 31.   

1889  The Johnstown Flood kills 2,000 to 5,000 Pennsylvanians in a city of 30,000 on May - 31.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

1443  Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509) was born on May - 31.   

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

1472  On this day in history birth of erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal   

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

1557  On this day in history birth of feodor I of Russia (d. 1598)   

1613  On this day in history birth of john George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680)   

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

1656  Marin Marias, composer was born on May - 31.   

0455  Death of Petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched on this day in history.   

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

1198  Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies on May - 31.   

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  Death of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358) on May - 31.   

1410  On this day in history 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)