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, 1865
Day of Week 1st » The Empire of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance.
Day of Week 5th » In North Bend, Ohio (a suburb of Cincinnati), the first train robbery in the United States takes place.
Day of Week 10th » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is captured by Union (American Civil War) e.g Union troops near Irwinville, Georgia.
Day of Week 12th » American Civil War: The Battle of Palmito Ranch: The first day of the last major land action to take place during the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory.
Day of Week 17th » The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris.
Day of Week 25th » In Mobile, Alabama, 300 are killed when an Mobile magazine explosion called ordnance depot explodes.
Day of Week 26th » American Civil War: the Confederate States of America e.g Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi division, is the last full general of the Confederate Army to surrender, at Galveston, Texas.