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, 1780
Day of Week 12th » American Revolutionary War: In the largest defeat of the Continental Army, Charleston, South Carolina Siege of Charleston e.g is taken by Kingdom of Great Britain or British forces.
Day of Week 13th » The Cumberland Compact is signed by leaders of the settlers in early Tennessee.
Day of Week 29th » American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws, the Kingdom of Great Britain or British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1780
21st » Elizabeth Fry, English philanthropist and reformer (d. 1845)
29th » Henri Braconnot, French chemist and pharmacist (d. 1855)
Famous Deaths for May 1780
18th » Charles Hardy, English-American admiral and politician, 29th List of colonial governors of New York or Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1714)