May1831

What Happened in May 1831

Famous Birthdays

May 1 Emily Stowe, Canadian suffragist and first woman licensed to practise medicine in Canada, born in Norwich Township, Oxford County, Ontario (d. 1903)
May 13 Willem van Goltstein van Oldenaller, Dutch minister of Colonies, born in Hamburg (d. 1901)

David Edward Hughes (1831-1900)

May 16 British-American inventor (microphone, teleprinter), born in either London, England or Corwen, Wales

David Edward Hughes

May 24 Richard Hoffman, British-American pianist, and composer, born in Manchester, England (d. 1909)
May 28 Eliza Ann Gardner, African-American abolitionist and religious leader, born in New York City (d. 1922)

Famous Deaths

May 1 Antonius van Alphen, Dutch apostle vicar of De Bosch, dies at 82
May 5 Friedrich Ludwig Seidel, composer, dies at 65
May 13 Christian Gottfried Körner, German lawyer, dies at 74
May 24 Benjamin Carr, American organist, composer, choirmaster, teacher, music publisher, and co-founder of Philadelphia's Music Fund Society dies at 62
May 26 Ciro Menotti, Italian patriot (b. 1798)
May 26 Georg Hermes, German philosopher and theologist (Hermenianen), dies
May 27 Jedediah Smith, American explorer (b. 1799)
May 31 Samuel Bentham, British mechanical engineer (b. 1757)

What Happened in 1831

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