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).
Famous Birthdays on May in 1831
1st » Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and activist (d. 1903)
16th » David Edward Hughes, Welsh-American physicist, co-invented the microphone (d. 1900)
22nd » Henry Vandyke Carter, English anatomist and surgeon (d. 1897)
Famous Deaths for May 1831
19th » Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Estonian-German physician, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1793)
27th » Jedediah Smith, American hunter, explorer, and author (b. 1799)
28th » William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, Scottish-English admiral (b. 1756)
31st » Samuel Bentham, English engineer and architect (b. 1757)