Historical Events May 20 1st Jockey Club forms in South Carolina Famous Birthdays May 23 Franz Anton Mesmer, Austrian physician and hypnotist (Mesmerism), born in Iznang, Germany (d. 1815) Born in 1734 Famous Deaths May 4 James Thornhill, English painter (St. Paul's Cathedral dome), dies at about 58 (birth year disputed) May 24 Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660) Apr 1734 History by Year Jun 1734 Famous People Who Were Authors Dictators Explorers Outlaws Queens Spies
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