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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    May 19 1616

    Johann Jakob Froberger German singerorganistcomposer

    May 19 1700

    Jos de Escandn Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770)

    May 19 1724

    Augustus Hervey 3rd Earl of Bristol British admiral and politician (d. 1779)

    May 19 1762

    Johann G Fichte German philosopher (Wissenschaftslehre)

    May 19 1771

    Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin German literary hostess born in Berlin Prussia (d. 1833)

    May 19 1795

    Johns Hopkins philanthropist founded Johns Hopkins University

    May 19 1797

    Maria Isabel of Portugal queen of Spain (d. 1818)

    May 19 1808

    Samuel Jameson Gholson Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1883)

    May 19 1812

    Felix Kirk Zollicoffer Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1862)

    May 19 1815

    John Gross Barnard American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Sheffield Massachusetts (d. 1882)

    May 19 1827

    Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour French statesman (d. 1896)

    May 19 1828

    Adin Ballou Underwood American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Worcester County Massachusetts (d. 1888)

    May 19 1857

    John Jacob Abel American Pharmacologist (endocrine glands) born in Cleveland Ohio

    May 19 1858

    Roland Napolon Bonaparte French prince and president of the Socit de Gographie born in Paris France (d. 1924)

    May 19 1861

    Dame Nellie Melba Australian opera singer (d. 1931)

    May 19 1864

    Carl Ethan Akeley American naturalist devoleped animal mount process

    May 19 1868

    John Fillmore Hayford American Geodesist who established the theory of isostasy and founded the modern science of geodesy (precise measurements of the shape of the earth) born in Rouses Point New York

    May 19 1869

    Henry Horatio Dixon Irish Biologist who originated the cohesion-tension theory of water and mineral movement in plants born in Dublin Ireland

    May 19 1871

    Reginald Aldworth Daly Napanee Ontario Canadian-American Geologist who independently developed the theory of magmatic stopping

    May 19 1874

    Gilbert Laird Jessop cricketer (The Croucher)

    May 19 1876

    William King Gregory Greenwich Village New York American palaeontologist (mammalian teeth evolutionary theory)

    May 19 1879

    Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor USEngs feministex of Waldorf Astor

    May 19 1880

    Allard R Hulshoff architect of Amsterdam (1924)

    May 19 1882

    Mohammed Mosaddeq Prime Minister of Iran (d. 1967)

    May 19 1883

    Henricus WJM Keuls Dutch lawyerpoet (Dancing Lamp)

    May 19 1884

    Arthur Meulemans Belgian composer (Adriaan Brouwer) (or 510)

    May 19 1891

    Oswald Boelcke German World War I pilot (d. 1916)

    May 19 1892

    Konstatin G Paustovski Russian author (Povestj Zjizni) [OS]

    May 19 1895

    Cecil Gray Scottish composer and music critic (d. 1959)

    May 19 1896

    Michael Balcon producerfather of Jill Balcon born in Birmingham England

    May 19 1897

    Frank Luke American World War I pilot (d. 1918)

    May 19 1897

    Jerome Travers American golfer (US Open 1915) born in NYC NY (d. 1951)

    May 19 1901

    Manuel Ivo Cruz Portuguese composer and founder of Philharmonic Orchestra of Lisbon born in Corumb Brazil (d. 1985)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    May 19 1182 The high altar of Paris cathedral Notre Dame is consecrated by Cardinal Henri de Chteau-Maray and Maurice de Sully

    May 19 1515 George van Saksen-Meissen sells Friesland for 100000 gold guilders to arch duke Charles

    May 19 1517 Philip van Bourgondie installed as bishop of Utrecht

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