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, 1868
Day of Week 14th » Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward to Aizu by way of Nikkō.
Day of Week 16th » United States President Andrew Johnson is acquitted in his Impeachment of Andrew Johnson e.g impeachment trial by one vote in the United States Senate.
Day of Week 29th » The assassination of Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia named Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia, in Belgrade.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1868
6th » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (d. 1927)
10th » Ed Barrow, American baseball player and manager (d. 1953)
13th » Sumner Paine, American target shooter (d. 1904)
14th » Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (d. 1935)
17th » Horace Elgin Dodge, American businessman, co-founded Dodge (d. 1920)
18th » Nicholas II of Russia, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias (d. 1918)
24th » Charlie Taylor (mechanic) named Charlie Taylor, American engineer and mechanic (d. 1956)