May1795

What Happened in May 1795

Historical Events

Battle of Nuʻuanu

May 1 Kamehameha I, King of Hawaiʻi defeats Kalanikupule and conquers island of Oʻahu at Battle of Nuʻuanu [approx. date]

King of Hawaii Kamehameha I

May 5 Great Britain passes a tax on hair powder - a fee of 1 guinea a year, leading to a decline in its use
May 16 Hedges Treaty: Bataafse Republic becomes French vassal state

Famous Birthdays

May 7 Gerhard Moritz Roentgen, Dutch industrialist (founder of Fijenoord dockyard), born in Esen, East Frisia (d. 1852)
May 10 Jacques-Nicolas-Augustin Thierry, French historian, born in Blois, France (d. 1856)
May 13 Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist (d. 1875)
May 13 Joshua Ratoon Sands, American Rear Admiral (Union Navy), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1883)
May 15 Adolf Bernhard Marx [Samuel Moses Marx], German music theorist and pedagogue, born in Halle, Duchy of Magdeburg, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1866)
May 19 Johns Hopkins, American financier and philanthropist (founded Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins University), born in Gambrills, Maryland (d. 1873)
May 23 Charles Barry, British architect, born in London (d. 1860)

Famous Deaths

May 19 James Boswell, Scottish biographer of Samuel Johnson and diarist, dies at 54
May 19 Josiah Bartlett, American physician and statesman (signed US Declaration of Independence), dies at 65
May 20 Ignác Martinovics, Hungarian physicist/revolutionary, beheaded

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