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, 1820
Day of Week 11th » HMS e.g Beagle, the ship that will take Charles Darwin on his scientific voyage, is launched.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1820
4th » Julia Gardiner Tyler, American wife of John Tyler, 11th First Lady of the United States (d. 1889)
12th » Florence Nightingale, Italian-English nurse (d. 1910)
22nd » Alexander Fesca, German pianist and composer (d. 1849)
23rd » James Buchanan Eads, American engineer, designed the Eads Bridge (d. 1887)
23rd » Lorenzo Sawyer, American lawyer and judge (d. 1891)
27th » Mathilde Bonaparte, Italian-French daughter of Catharina of Württemberg (d. 1904)
30th » Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, Canadian politician, 1st Premier of Quebec (d. 1890)