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, 1790
Day of Week 31st » Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
31st » The United States enacts its first United States copyright law named copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1790
21st » William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, French-English politician, Lord Chamberlain called Lord Chamberlain of the Household (d. 1858)
Famous Deaths for May 1790
4th » Matthew Tilghman, American politician (b. 1718)
9th » William Clingan, American politician (b. 1721)
16th » Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire (b. 1720)
21st » Thomas Warton, English poet and critic (b. 1728)