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, 1802
Day of Week 3rd » Washington, D.C. is incorporated as a city.
Day of Week 19th » Napoleon or Napoleon Bonaparte founds the Legion of Honour.
Day of Week 20th » By the Law of 20 May 1802, Napoleon I of France or Napoleon Bonaparte reinstates slavery in the French colonial empire known as French colonies, revoking its abolition in the French Revolution
Famous Birthdays on May in 1802
2nd » Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist (d. 1870)
Famous Deaths for May 1802
2nd » Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch general and politician, List of colonial governors of the Dutch Gold Coast or Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast (b. 1762)
22nd » Martha Washington, American wife of George Washington, 1st First Lady of the United States (b. 1731)