What Happened In May 1831 In History

Famous Birthdays on May in 1831

• 1st » Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and activist (d. 1903)
• 16th » David Edward Hughes, Welsh-American physicist, co-invented the microphone (d. 1900)
• 22nd » Henry Vandyke Carter, English anatomist and surgeon (d. 1897)

Famous Deaths for May 1831

• 19th » Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Estonian-German physician, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1793)
• 27th » Jedediah Smith, American hunter, explorer, and author (b. 1799)
• 28th » William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, Scottish-English admiral (b. 1756)
• 31st » Samuel Bentham, English engineer and architect (b. 1757)

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