May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days. May is a month of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere and spring in the Northern Hemisphere (Summer in Europe). Therefore May in the Southern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of November in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa.
May symbols: The birthstone of May is the emerald which is emblematic of love and success. The May birth flower is the Lily of the Valley and the Crataegus monogyna. The mayflower Epigaea repens is a North American harbinger of May, and the floral emblem of both Nova Scotia and Massachusetts. Its native range extends from Newfoundland south to Florida, west to Kentucky in the southern range, and to Northwest Territories in the north. The zodiac signs for the month of May are Taurus (until May 20) and Gemini (May 21 onwards).
Historical Events for May, 1775
Day of Week 10th » American Revolutionary War: A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold Capture of Fort Ticonderoga known as captures Fort Ticonderoga.
10th » American Revolutionary War: Representatives from the Thirteen Colonies begin the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania named Philadelphia.
Day of Week 17th » American Revolutionary War: the Continental Congress bans trade with Province of Quebec (1763-1791) named Quebec.
Day of Week 20th » Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence is signed in Charlotte, North Carolina or Charlotte, North Carolina
Day of Week 31st » American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolves are allegedly adopted in the Province of North Carolina.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1775
10th » Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, French general (d. 1809)
21st » Lucien Bonaparte, French soldier and politician (d. 1840)
Famous Deaths for May 1775
10th » Marie Magdalene Charlotte Ackermann, German actress (b. 1757)
10th » Caroline Matilda of Great Britain (b. 1751)