What Happened in May 1843

Historical Events

May 2 Karl Michael Ziehrer, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1922)
May 6 Grove Karl Gilbert, American geologist (investigated Lake Bonneville, Utah), born in Rochester, New York (d. 1918)
May 9 Isabella "Belle" Boyd, American actress and Confederate spy during US Civil War, born in Martinsburg, Virginia (d. 1900)
May 10 Kaufmann Kohler, German-born American reform rabbi and theologian, born in Fürth (d. 1926)
May 10 Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish novelist (Episodios Nacionales), born in Las Palmas, Spain (d. 1920)
May 13 Count Paul J Smet de Naeyer, Belgian politician
May 20 Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, Spanish violinist and composer, born in Palma, Majorca (d. 1918)
May 21 Charles-Albert Gobat, Swiss politician, recipient of the 1902 Nobel Peace Prize, born in Tramelan, Switzerland (d. 1914)
May 21 Louis Renault, French lawyer, born in Autun, France (d. 1918)
May 29 Émile Pessard, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1917)

May 28 Noah Webster, American lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), dies at 84