May1805

May 1805 in History

Events in History

May 4 Henry C Overing buys 80 acres of Throggs Neck in the Bronx

Historic Event

May 26 Lewis and Clark first sight the Rocky Mountains

William Clark — Explorer and Leader of Lewis & Clark Expedition William Clark

Meriwether Lewis — Explorer and Leader of Lewis & Clark Expedition Meriwether Lewis

Royal Coronation

May 26 Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned King of Italy

Napoléon Bonaparte — French Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte

Deaths in History

William Petty

May 7 William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1782-83), dies at 68

William Petty — British Prime Minister William Petty

May 9 Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, German poet & playwright, dies at 45
May 16 Christiaan Brunings, Dutch hydraulic engineer, dies at 68
May 25 William Paley, English philosopher and theologian (Natural Theology), dies at 61

Historical Figures

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