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, 1815
Day of Week 3rd » Neapolitan War: Joachim Murat, King of Kingdom of Naples or Naples is defeated by the Austrians at the Battle of Tolentino, the decisive engagement of the war.
Day of Week 30th » The East Indiaman 'Arniston (East Indiaman) or Arniston' is wrecked during a storm at Waenhuiskrans, near Cape Agulhas, in present-day South Africa, with the loss of 372 lives.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1815
2nd » William Buell Richards, Canadian judge, 1st Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1889)
Famous Deaths for May 1815
7th » Jabez Bowen, American colonel and politician, 45th Deputy Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1739)
23rd » Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, American clergyman and botanist (b. 1753)