30th » Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1876
10th » Ivan Cankar, Slovenian poet and playwright (d. 1918)
18th » Hermann Müller (politician) e.g Hermann Müller, German politician, 12th Chancellor of Germany (German Reich) called Chancellor of Germany (d. 1931)
22nd » Antonius Bouwens, Dutch target shooter (d. 1963)
27th » Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish journalist and author (d. 1945)
27th » William Stanier, English engineer (d. 1965)
Famous Deaths for May 1876
7th » William Buell Sprague, American clergyman and author (b. 1795)
12th » Georgi Benkovski, Bulgarian activist (b. 1843)
19th » Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian and politician (b. 1801)