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, 1812
Day of Week 11th » Prime Minister of the United Kingdom named Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons known as House of Commons, London.
Day of Week 16th » Russian Field Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov signs the Treaty of Bucharest (1812) called Treaty of Bucharest, ending the Russo-Turkish War (1806–12) or Russo-Turkish War. Bessarabia is annexed by Imperial Russia.
Day of Week 18th » John Bellingham is found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging for the assassination of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval.
Day of Week 22nd » Action of 22 May 1812: A small French two-frigate squadron comprising French frigate Ariane (1811) 'Ariane' and French frigate Andromaque (1811) 'Andromaque', returning from a commerce raiding campaign in the Atlantic, meets the 74-gun HMS Northumberland