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, 1849
Day of Week 3rd » The May Uprising in Dresden begins the last of the The Revolutions of 1848 in the German states named German revolutions of 1848.
Day of Week 10th » Astor Place Riot: A riot breaks out at the Astor Opera House in Manhattan, New York City over a dispute between actors Edwin Forrest and William Charles Macready, killing at least 25 and injuring over 120.
Day of Week 15th » Troops of the Two Sicilies take Palermo and crush the republican government of Sicily
Day of Week 17th » St. Louis Fire (1849) known as A large fire nearly burns St. Louis, Missouri to the ground.
Day of Week 27th » The Great Hall of Euston railway station known as Euston station in London is opened.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1849
3rd » Jacob Riis, Danish-American journalist and photographer (d. 1914)
3rd » Bernhard von Bülow, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (German Reich) called Chancellor of Germany (d. 1929)
22nd » Louis Perrier, Swiss colonel and politician (d. 1913)
22nd » Aston Webb, English architect and academic, designed the Victoria Memorial, London known as Victoria Memorial and The Mall, London e.g The Mall (d. 1930)