Today in History for May 1819
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Historical Events
Events 1 - 2 of 2
21st - 1st bicycles (swift walkers) in US introduced in NYC
22nd - 1st steam propelled vessel to cross Atlantic (Savannah leaves Ga)
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 12 of 12
1st - William Steele, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1885
3rd - Nicola De Giosa, composer
5th - Stanislaw Moniuszko, Polish composer
15th - Thomas Leonidas Crittenden, Major General (Union volunteers)
16th - Daniel Ammen, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1898
17th - Johann Nepomuk Kafka, composer
18th - Julius Hopp, composer
24th - Victoria Alexandrine, Queen of Great Britain (1837-1901)
27th - Julia Ward Howe, US, author/lecturer (Battle Hymn of the Republic)
28th - William Birney, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1907
30th - William McMurdo, British army officer (d. 1894)
31st - Walt Whitman, West Hills, NY, poet (Leaves of Grass)
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 5 of 5
2nd - Mary Moser, English painter (b. 1744)
8th - Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii (1782-1819)
11th - Caspar Furstenau, composer, dies at 47
16th - Alexander van Bylandt, military, dies at 75
22nd - John H van Kinsbergen, lt-admiral/founder (Corps Marines), dies at 84
