What Happened In May 1851 In History

Historical Events for May, 1851

• 1st » Queen Victoria opens the Great Exhibition in London.
• 21st » Slavery is abolished in Colombia, South America.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1851

• 1st » Laza Lazarević, Serbian psychiatrist and neurologist (d. 1891)
• 6th » Aristide Bruant, French singer and actor (d. 1925)
• 18th » James Budd, American lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of California (d. 1908)
• 20th » Emile Berliner, German-American inventor, invented the Gramophone record (d. 1929)
• 21st » Léon Bourgeois, French politician, 64th Prime Minister of France, Nobel Peace Prize called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1925)

Famous Deaths for May 1851

• 22nd » Mordecai Manuel Noah, American journalist and diplomat (b. 1755)

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