Today in History for May 1816
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Months in 1816: January February March April June July August September October November December
Historical Events
Events 1 - 3 of 3
5th - American Bible Society organized (NY)
10th - English steamship "Defiance" arrives at Rotterdam harbor
11th - American Bible Society forms (NY)
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 5 of 5
3rd - Montgomery Cunningham Meigs, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union Army), died in 1892
14th - Gualtiero Sanelli, composer
16th - Henry Hopkins Sibley, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1886
24th - Emanuel Leutze, US, painter (Washington Crossing the Delaware)
24th - Robert Seaman Granger, (Union Army Bvt Major general, died in 1894)
Famous Weddings
Weddings 1 - 1 of 1
2nd - Léopold (Léopold I)of Saxe-Coburg, 1st King of Belgium following independence from the Netherlands marries British Princess Charlotte Augusta
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 2 of 2
28th - Ras Wolde Selassie, Ethiopian warlord
29th - Madame L'Ouverture, widow of Haiti's leader Toussaint L'O, dies
