• 1815-05-19 - John Gross Barnard: Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1882
  • 1828-05-19 - Adin Ballou Underwood: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
  • 1858-05-19 - Roland Napoleon Bonaparte: French officer / traveller (Surinam)
  • 1839-05-19 - Alice Mary Smith: Composer
  • 1859-05-19 - Nellie Melba [Heal Mitchell]: Australian soprano (Peach Melba)
  • 1860-05-19 - Victor E Orlando: Italy's Premier (1917-19)
  • 1864-05-19 - Carl Ethan Akeley: United States -- Naturalist - developed animal mount process
 

  • 1845-05-19 - Maria EJ Versfelt: Mistress of General Moreau / marshal Ney, dies at 68
  • 1864-05-19 - Nathaniel Hawthorne: United States -- Writer (Scarlet Letter)
  • 1872-05-19 - Johan van Dale: Schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Wordbook), dies at 44
  • 1876-05-19 - Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer: Dutch Historian / politician, dies at 74
  • 1988-05-19 - Virginia Farmer: Actresss (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 90
  • 1895-05-19 - Jose J Marti y Perez: Spanish / Cuban Poet (Versos sencillos)
  • 1901-05-19 - Marthinus Wessels Pretorius: 1st President Rep South-Africa, dies at 81
 

  • 1608-05-19 - Matthias von Habsburgs army reaches Lieben, at Prague
  • 1643-05-19 - Battle at Rocroi / Allersheim: French army destroys Spanish army
  • 1643-05-19 - Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut and New Harbor form United Colonies of New England
  • 1652-05-19 - Spanish troops occupy Grevelingen
  • 1662-05-19 - Uniformity Act of England goes into effect
  • 1749-05-19 - George II grants charter to Ohio Company to settle Ohio Valley
  • 1780-05-19 - About midday, near-total darkness descends on much of New England to this day it's cause is still unexplained
 

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