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, 1795
Day of Week 31st » French Revolution: the Revolutionary Tribunal is suppressed.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1795
13th » Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist and chronologist (d. 1875)
19th » Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1873)
23rd » Charles Barry, English architect, designed the Upper Brook Street Chapel, Manchester called Upper Brook Street Chapel and Halifax Town Hall (d. 1860)
Famous Deaths for May 1795
18th » Robert Rogers (soldier) named Robert Rogers, American colonial frontiersman (b. 1731)
19th » Josiah Bartlett, American physician and politician, 4th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1729)
19th » James Boswell, Scottish-English lawyer and author (b. 1740)
22nd » Ewald Friedrich von Hertzberg, Prussian politician, List of foreign ministers of Prussia e.g Foreign Minister of Prussia (b. 1725)