What Happened In May 1817 In History

Historical Events for May, 1817

• 15th » Opening of the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason (now Friends Hospital) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1817

• 11th » Fanny Cerrito, Italian ballerina and choreographer (d. 1909)
• 14th » Alexander Kaufmann, German poet (d. 1893)
• 15th » Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher (d. 1905)

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