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, 1857
Day of Week 6th » The British East India Company disbands the 34th Regiment of Bengal Regiment or Bengal Native Infantry whose sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolted against the British and is considered to be the First Martyr in the War of Independence of 1857 or War of
Day of Week 10th » Indian Rebellion of 1857: In India, the first war of Independence begins. Sepoys mutiny against their commanding officers at Meerut.
Day of Week 11th » Indian Rebellion of 1857: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.
Day of Week 26th » Dred Scott is emancipated by the Blow family, his original owners.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1857
1st » Theo van Gogh (art dealer) known as Theo van Gogh, Dutch art dealer (d. 1891)
3rd » George Gore, American baseball player (d. 1933)
7th » William A. MacCorkle, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of West Virginia (d. 1930)
13th » Ronald Ross, Indian-English physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1932)
15th » Williamina Fleming, Scottish-American astronomer and academic (d. 1911)