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Events on May 29

0526Antioch struck by Earthquake; about 250,000 die
0757St. Paul I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1138Anti-Pope Victor IV (Gregorio) overthrows self for Innocentius II
1167Lombard League defeat Frederick Barbarossa at Battle of Legnano
1176Battle at Legnano: Lombardi League beats Frederik Barbarossa
1415Council of Konstanz
1453Constantinople falls to Muhammad II (Turks); ends Byzantine Empire
1453French banker Jacques Coeurs possessions confiscated
1506Earl Willem I van Nassau-Dillenburg weds countess Walburg van Egmont
1630Gov John Winthrop begins "History of New England"
1652English Admiral Robert Blake drives out Dutch fleet under Lieutenant Admiral Tromp
1660Charles II restored to English throne after Puritan Commonwealth
1692Battle at La Hogue: English and Dutch fleet beat France
1692Royal Hospital Founders Day 1st celebrated
1721South Carolina formally incorporated as a royal colony
1727Peter II Aleksei (11) becomes Czar of Russia
1753Joseph Haydns "Krumme Teufel, " premieres
1765Patrick Henry historic speech against the Stamp Act, answering a cry of "Treason!" with, "If this be treason, make the most of it!"
1787"Virginia Plan" proposed
1790Rhode Is becomes last of original 13 colonies ratifying Constitution
1848Battle at Curtazone: Austrians beat Sardinia-Piemonte
1848Wisconsin becomes 30th state
1849Patent for lifting vessels granted to Abraham Lincoln
1861Dorothea Dix offers help in setting up hospitals for Union Army
1874Present constitution of Switzerland takes effect
18841st steam cable trams start in highgate
190025th Preakness: H Spencer aboard Hindus wins in 1:48.4
1900Trademark "Escalator" registered by Otis Elevator Company
1902Dutch State Mine law forms
1905Pogrom against Jewish community in Brisk Lithuania

Born on May 29

1630Charles II: King of England (1660-85)
1673Cornelis van Bijnkershoek: Lawyer / President of High Council
1716Louis J M Daubenton: French zoologist
1731Orazio Mei: Composer
1741Johann Gottfried Krebs: Composer
1791Pietro Romani: Composer
1810Erasmus Darwin Keyes: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
1810Juan B Alberdi [Figarillo]: Argentina -- Politician / writer
1810Solomon Meredith: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1875
1824Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox: Major General (Confederate Army)
1825David Bell Birney: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
1826Ebenezer Butterick: Inventor (tissue paper dress pattern)
1827Reuben Lindsay Walker: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1890
1837Alexander F de Savornin Lohmann: Dutch Minister / party leader (CHU)
1837Luca Fumagalli: Composer
1840Hans Makart: Austrian painter (Plague in Florenz)
1843Emile Pessard: Composer
1852Jindrich z Albestu Kaan: Composer
1864A H Borgesius: Dutch amateur astronomer
1874Gilbert Keith Chesterton: England, United Kingdom -- Novelist (Man Who Made Gold)
1880Oswald Spengler: Germany -- Philosopher (Decline of West)
1881Frederik Septimus Kelly: Composer
1883William Beatton Moonie: Composer
1885Erwin F Finlay-Freundlich: British astronomer (theory of relativity)
1890Francis de Bourguignon: Composer
1892Alfonsina Storni: Argentine poet (La inquietud del rosal)
1894Beatrice Lillie: Toronto, Ontario -- Comedian / actress (Around World in 80 Days)
1894Josef von Sternberg: Austrian director (Der blaue Engel)
1896George L Funke: Botanist (Flower Physiology)
1897Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Brno, Austria -- Movie composer (Violanta)

Died on May 29

1453Constantine XI Dragases: Last Byzantine Emperor, dies at 49
1500Bartholomeu Diaz de Narvaez (Novaez): Portuguese sea explorer, drowns
1544Jacobus Latomus [Jasques Masson]: Belgian inquisitor, dies at about 68
1593John Penry: English congressionalist, executed
1629Arnold Baert: Flemish lawyer / member of Great Council, dies at about 74
1680Abraham Megerle: Composer, dies at 73
1691Cornelis Tromp: Admiral-General / Son of Maarten T, dies at 61
1750Giuseppe Porsile: Composer, dies at 70
1788Jacques Aliamet: French etcher / engraver, dies at 61
1815Cornelis de Gijselaar: Politician / patriot, dies at 64
1862Franciszek Wincenty Mirecki: Composer, dies at 71
1869Philippe Vandermaelen: Flemish cartographer / publisher, dies at 73
1877John Lothrop Motley: (History of United Netherlands), dies at 63
1883Albrecht of Prussia: Mistress of John van Rossum, dies at 73
1883WFLC Marianne: Princess of Orange-Nassau
1885Alfred von Meissner: Austria Physician / writer (Ziska), dies at 63
1899Frantz Jehin-Prume: Composer, dies at 60
1905Leon Francis Victor Caron: Composer, dies at 55
1910Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev: Russian Composer (Islamej), dies at 73
1911William Schwenck Gilbert: Engl writer (Gilbert & Sullivan), dies at 74
1922Jevgeni B Vachtangov: Armenian / Russian actor / director, dies at 39
1924Pierre-Paul Cambon: French diplomat (Madrid / London)
1934Eugenie Besserer: Actress (Anna Christie, Madame X), dies at 65
1935Josef Suk: Czech violinist / composer, dies at 61
1942John Barrymore: US actor (Beloved Rogue, Dinner at 8), dies at 60
1943Hermann Hans Wetzler: Composer, dies at 72
1948May Whitty: Actress (Gaslight, Mrs Miniver, Suspicion), dies at 82
1951Dimitrios Levidis: Composer, dies at 66
1951Fanny Brice: Zeigfield Girl (Baby Snooks Show), dies at 59
1951Josef Bohuslav Foerster: Composer, dies at 91

Historical events on May 30

1035Boudouin V van Rijsel becomes Earl of Flanders
1087German Emperor Henry IV crowns his son Koenraad
1100Burchard becomes Bishop of Utrecht
1381English boer uprising begins in Essex
1434Battle at Lipany
1498Columbus departs with 6 ships for 3rd trip to America
1522French troops driven out of Genoa
1527University of Marburg (Germany) founded
1536English King Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour
1539Spanish explorer Fernando de Soto discovers Florida
1574Henry III follows brother Charles IX as King of France
1574Sea battle at Lillo Belgium (Adolf Van Haemstede vs. Louis de Boisot)
1584Earl Adolf van Nieuwenaar / Meurs becomes Viceroy of Gelderland
1588Spanish Aramada under Medina-Sidonia departs Lisbon to invade England
1631France / Maximilian van Bavarian signs Accord of Fontainebleau
1635Emperor Ferdinand II and Saksen sign Peace of Prague
1646Spain and Netherlands signs temporary cease fire
1783Benjamin Tower of Philadelphia publishes 1st daily newspaper in US
1793Georges Couthon chosen member of French Committee the Salut Public
1808Napoleon annexes Tuscany and gave it seats in French Senate
1821James Boyd patents Rubber Fire Hose
1822House slave betrays Denmark Vesey conspiracy (37 blacks hanged)
1832Evariste Galois give his theory on free assembly (dies in duel May 31)
1842John Francis attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria
18482nd battle at Gioto: Sardinia-Piemonte beats Austrians
1848Mexico ratifies treaty giving US; New Mexico, California and parts of Nevada, Utah, Arizona and Colorado in return for $15 million
1848William G Young patents ice cream freezer
1854Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed Missouri Compromise opens north slavery
1854Territories of Kansas and Nebraska created
1862Battle of Booneville MS - captured General Beauregard evacuates Corinth

Born on May 30

1220Alexander Nevski [Aleksandr]: Russian Great Ruler (1252-63)
1578Valentin Dretzel: Composer
1623Wallerand Vaillant: Painter / engraver, baptized
1672Peter I [the Great]: Tsar of Russia
1757Henry Addington: Viscount Sidmouth (C), British Prime Minister (1801-04)
1797Johann Christian Lobe: Composer
1800Karl W Feuerbach: German mathematician (Position of Feuerbach)
1808Joaquim Casimiro, Jr.: Composer
1812John Alexander McClernand: Major General (Union volunteers)
1829Levin Goldschmidt: German business law expert
1830Edward Winslow Hinks: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1832George Doherty Johnston: Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
1835Alfred Austin: Leeds, England -- Poet laureate of England (Garden)
1844Louis Varney: Composer
1845Amadeus I FM: Duke of Aosta / King of Spain (1870-73)
1847Alice Sophia Stopford Green: Ireland -- Proponent of Irish independence
1853Karl Fritjof Valentin: Composer
1859Pierre Marie Felix Janet: France -- Psychologist / neurologist
1867Arthur Vining Davis: Sharon, Massachusetts -- CEO (Alcoa-1910-57)
1883Riccardo Zandonai: Composer
1887Alexander Archipenko: Ukraine -- Sculptor / lithographer
1887Gino Tagliapietra: Composer
1888James A Farley: Postmaster General (1932-38)
1891Iman J van den Bosch: Belgian resistance fighter
1894Hubertus J van Mook: Dutch Minister of Colonies (1942-45)
1896Howard Hawks: Goshen, Indiana -- Director / producer (Rio Bravo, Scarface)
1901Cornelia Otis Skinner: Chicago, Illinois -- Writer (When Our Hearts Were Young & Gay)
1902Seton Howard Frederick Lloyd: Archaeologist
1902Stepin Fetchit [Lincoln Perry]: Florida, United States -- Actor (Miracle in Harlem)
1903Ray Howard-Jones: Artist

Died on May 30

0727Hubertus: Bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht / saint, dies at about 72
1035Boudouin IV: Count of Flanders (988-1035)
1431Joan of Arc: Burned as a witch by English at Rouen at 19
1574Charles IX: King of France (1560-74)
1593Christopher Marlowe: British dramatist (Tamburlaine the Great), murdered
1640Peter Paul Rubens: Flemish painter, dies at 62
1718Arnold J van Keppel: Earl of Albemarle / General, dies at about 48
1718Bernard Nieuwentyt: Physician / theologist, dies at 63
1744Alexander Pope: English Poet (Eloisa to Abelard), dies at 56
1746Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo: Composer, dies at 69
1778Voltaire [Francois-Marie Arouet]: French writer (Candide), dies at 42
1791Ildephons Haas: Composer, dies at 56
1797Carl Ludwig Junker: Composer, dies at 48
1809Johan B Scheffer: Portrait painter, dies at about 43
1833Josef Slavik: Composer, dies at 27
1840Dominique J de Eerens: Governor-General of Dutch-Indies, dies at 59
1864James Barbour Terrill: US attorney / Confederate Brigadier General, dies at 26
1865William Clarke Quantrill: Criminal / Confederate bushwhacker, dies at 27
1870Gustave Vogt: Composer, dies at 89
1906William Yeates Hurlstone: Composer, dies at 30
1912Wilbur Wright: US aviation pioneer
1918Georgi V Plechanov: Russian revolutionary theorist
1919Lord John WS Raleigh: British physicist (Nobel 1904)
1922David Mendes Chumaceiro: Curacaos Poet (Adelfas), dies at 45
1923Camille Chevillard: Composer, dies at 63
1935Lothar Windsperger: Composer, dies at 49
1938Raden Sutomo: Indonesian freedom fighter, dies at 49
1940Y de Smit-Rog: Eldest Dutchman, dies at 104
1944Jessie Ralph: Actress (Good Earth, San Francisco), dies at 79
1945Irma Laplasse: Flemish farmer / Nazi collaborator, executed

Events on May 31

0070Rome captures 1st wall of the city of Jerusalem
1417Jacoba van Bavarian becomes Countess of Holland / Zealand / Henegouwen
1495Emperor Maximilian, Pope Alexander VI, Milan, King Ferdinand, Isabella and Venice sign anti-French Saint League
1621Sir Francis Bacon thrown into Tower of London for 1 night
1634US colony Massachusetts Bay annexes Maine colony
1659Netherlands, England and France sign Treaty of The Hague
1678Lady Godiva rode naked through Coventry in a protest of taxes
1696John Salomonsz elected chief of Saint-Eustatius
1727France, England and Netherlands sign accord of Paris
1744French troops conquer Kortrijk
1790US copyright law enacted
1821Cathedral of Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary, 1st US Catholic cathedral, is dedicated in Baltimore
1836HMS Beagle anchors in Simons Bay, Cape of Good Hope
1837Astor Hotel opens in NYC, it later becomes the Waldorf-Astoria
1849Last edition of Orange sheet "Journal de La Haye"
1859Philadelphia Athletics organize to play "town ball" became baseball 20 years later
1861Gen Beauregard is given command of Confederate Alexandria Line
1861Mint at New Orleans closes
1862Battle of Seven Pines VA (Fair Oaks)
18681st Memorial Day parade held in Ironton, Ohio
1868Dr James Moore (UK) wins 1st recorded bicycle race, (2k) velocipede race at Parc fde St. Cloud, Paris
1870Congress passes 1st Enforcement Act (rights of blacks)
1870E J DeSemdt patents asphalt pavement
1878US Congress accept decrease in dollar circulation
18791st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition
1879Madison Square Garden opens
1880League of American Wheelmen (1st US Bicycle Association), forms in Newport, Rhode Island
1883French fleet under Pierre begins siege of Tamatave, Madagascar
1884Dr John Harvey Kellogg patents "flaked cereal"
1889Johnstown Flood; 2,209 die in Penn

Born on May 31

1469Manuel I: King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration
1472Erardus van der Mark: Prince-Bishop of Luik / Cardinal
1557Theodorus I [Fedor Ivanovitsj]: Czar of Russia (1584-98)
1656Marin Marias: Composer
1664Giulio Alberoni: Spanish / Italian Minister / Cardinal
1674Friedrich Erhard Niedt: Composer
1701Alexander Cruden: Compiler of a concordance to King James Bible
1744Richard Edgeworth: Writer, Bath
1753Pierre V Vergniaud: French politician / police leader
1773Ludwig Tieck: Writer
1802Cesare Pugni: Composer
1804Jeanne-Louise Farrenc: Composer
1809Franz Joseph Haydn: Vienna, Austria -- Composer
1810Horatio Seymour: Gov (Union), died in 1886
1817Edouard Deldevez: Composer
1817Georg Herwegh: Writer
1818John Albion Andrew: Gov (Union), died in 1867
1837Ernest Daudet: French writer (White Terror)
1837Joseph Grimaldi: London, England -- Clown
1837William Henry Fitzhugh "Rooney" Lee: Major General (Confederate Army)
1838Henry Sidgwick: English philosopher (Wife at University)
1857Pius XI [Ambrogio DA Ratti]: Italy -- 259th Pope (1922-39)
1860Walter Richard Sickert Munich: Danish / English painter (The Miner)
1861Emily Perkins Bissell: Welfare worker (1st christmas seal drive, 1907)
1863Francis E Younghusband: British journalist / explorer
1864Albert J M Bakker: Dutch actor (Teun the night watch)
1866Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov: Composer
1872Charles G Abbot: United States -- Astronomer (Constant Sun)
1872William Heath Robinson: England, United Kingdom -- Illustrator / cartoonist (Don Quixote)
1875Italo Montemezzi: Composer

Died on May 31

0455Petronius Maximus: Senator / Emperor of Rome, lynched
1091Hendrik van Verdun: Bishop of Luik (1075-91)
1198Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen: Rabbi of Mainz
1504Engelbert II: Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz
1551Aristotele "Basiano" da Sangallo: Italian set designer
1594Tintoretto: Italian Mannerist painter, dies at 75
1620Willem Louis: Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies at 59
1665Pieter J Saenredam: Dutch architectural painter, dies at 67
1696Heinrich Schwemmer: Composer, dies at 75
1740Frederick-William I: King of Prussia (1713-1740), dies at 51
1809Ferdinand von Schill: Prussian officer / rebel, dies in battle at 33
1809Franz Josef Haydn: Austrian Composer (Jahreszeiten), dies at 77
1837Joseph Grimaldi: Greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57
1854Vatroslav Lisinski: Composer, dies at 34
1862Robert Hatton: Confederate Brigadier General, dies in battle at about 34
1900James Loudon: Governor-General of the Netherlands Indies (1871-75), dies at 75
1900John Power: Irish baronet / whiskey manufacturer, dies in battle
1906Hermann Schell: German Theologist (Gott und Geist), dies at 56
1906King Alfonso XIII: Assassinated in Madrid
1910Elizabeth Blackwell: 1st woman physician, dies at 89
1916Horace Hood: British spy (Battle of Jutland), dies in battle
1928Ludwig Enneccerus: German leader, dies at 85
1928Manuel de Oliveira Lima: Brazilian historian, dies at 60
1947Adrienne Ames: Actress (Black Sheep, 24 Hours), dies at 39
1948Jose Vianna da Motta: Composer, dies at 80
1952Walter Schellenberg: German lawyer / headed spy (Venlo)
1955"Wild Bill" Vukovich: Killed in Indy 500
1955Raoul Gunsbourg: Composer, dies at 95
1960Willem Elsschot [Alfons de Ridder]: Flemish writer (Kas), dies at 78
1962Adolf Eichmann: War criminal, hanged at Ramie Prison in Israel at 56