Birthdays in History
Queen Victoria
May 24 Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom and Ireland (1837-1901), born in London (d. 1901)

Queen Victoria
Walt Whitman
May 31 Walt Whitman, American poet (Leaves of Grass) and volunteer nurse during the Civil War, born in West Hills, New York (d. 1892)

Walt Whitman
Deaths in History
- May 2 Mary Moser, English painter (Flowers Still Life), dies at 74
Kamehameha I
May 8 Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii (1782-1819), dies at 81

Kamehameha I