Historical Events
Famous Birthdays
- May 5 James Allen Hardie, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in New York City (d. 1876)
- May 10 John Sherman, MC (Union), (d. 1900)
- May 11 Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1906)
- May 17 Charlotte Sainton-Dolby, English contralto and composer, born in London (d. 1885)
- May 22 Isabella Glyn Dallas, British Shakespearean actress, born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1889)
- May 22 Solomon Bundy, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 21st district), born in Oxford, New York (d. 1889)
- May 27 John Gray Foster, American Major General (Union Army), born in Whitefield, New Hampshire (d. 1874)
- May 29 John H. Balsley, American carpenter and inventor (a practical folding wooden stepladder), born in Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania (d. 1895)
Famous Deaths
- May 15 Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer, dies at 69
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