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, 1842
Day of Week 8th » A train Versailles rail accident named derails and catches fire in Paris, killing between 52 and 200 people.
Day of Week 30th » John Francis attempts to murder Queen Victoria as she drives down Constitution Hill, London or Constitution Hill in London with Albert, Prince Consort named Prince Albert.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1842
8th » Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist and mycologist (d. 1909)