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430 Historic Events for May 31

1696 John Salomonsz elected chief of Saint-Eustatius Event
1696 Heinrich Schwemmer, composer, dies at 75 Death
1701 Alexander Cruden, compiler of a concordance to King James Bible Birth
1727 France, England and Netherlands sign accord of Paris Event
1740 Frederick-William I, King of Prussia (1713-1740), dies at 51 Death
1744 French troops conquer Kortrijk Event
1744 Richard Edgeworth, writer, Bath Birth
1753 Pierre V Vergniaud, French politician/police leader Birth
1773 Ludwig Tieck, writer Birth
1790 US copyright law enacted Event

1802 Cesare Pugni, composer Birth
1804 Jeanne-Louise Farrenc, composer Birth
1806 Micha‰l FB baron von Melas, Austrian general, dies at 77 Death
1809 Ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel, dies in battle at 33 Death
1809 Franz Josef Haydn, Austrian composer (Jahreszeiten), dies at 77 Death
1809 Franz Joseph Haydn, Vienna Austria, composer Birth
1810 Horatio Seymour, Gov (Union), died in 1886 Birth
1817 Edouard Deldevez, composer Birth
1817 Georg Herwegh, writer Birth
1818 John Albion Andrew, Gov (Union), died in 1867 Birth
1819 Walt Whitman, West Hills, NY, poet (Leaves of Grass) Birth
1821 Cathedral of Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary, 1st US Catholic cathedral, is dedicated in Baltimore Event
1832 variste Galois, French revolutionary/mathematician, dies at 20 Death
1836 HMS Beagle anchors in Simons Bay, Cape of Good Hope Event
1837 Ernest Daudet, French writer (White Terror) Birth