Today in History for May 1843
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Months in 1843: January February March April June July August September October November December
Historical Events
Events 1 - 3 of 3
4th - Great-Britain annexes Natal
18th - United Free Church of Scotland forms
22nd - 1st wagon train, 1000+ depart Independence Missouri for Oregon
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 10 of 10
2nd - Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer
6th - Grove Karl Gilbert, geologist, investigated Lake Bonneville, Utah
9th - Belle Boyd, spy (Confederate)/actress/lecturer
10th - Kaufmann Kohler, reform rabbi/theologian
10th - Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish novelist (d. 1920)
13th - Count Paul J Smet de Naeyer, Belgian politician
21st - Louis Renault, French lawyer
21st - Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician (d. 1914)
23rd - Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer
29th - Emile Pessard, composer
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 3 of 3
12th - Johann Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 74
24th - Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1765)
28th - Noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), dies at 84
