Today in History for May 1794
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Months in 1794: January February March April June July August September October November December
Historical Events
Results 1 - 3 of 3
6th - Haiti, under Toussaint L'Ouverture, revolts against France
17th - Hard frost in southern New England
18th - 2nd battle of Bouvines (France-Austria)
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 6 of 6
13th - Louis-Leopold Robert, French painter (d. 1835)
17th - Anna Brownell Jameson, Dublin, writer
23rd - Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer
24th - William Whewell, British philosopher (History of Inductive Science)
27th - Cornelius Vanderbilt, millionaire (B & O railroad)
29th - Johann Heinrich von Mädler, German astronomer (d. 1874)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 3 of 3
6th - Jean-Jacques Beauvarget-Charpentier, composer, dies at 59
8th - Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, chemist (identified oxygen), guillotined
10th - Elisabeth PMH, princess of France, beheaded at 30
