What Happened In May 1852 - Historical Events 1852 May

Historical Events for May, 1852

1st » The Philippine peso is introduced into circulation.
29th » Jenny Lind leaves New York after her Jenny Lind tour of America, 1850–52 known as two-year American tour.

1st » Calamity Jane, American scout (d. 1903)
1st » Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish neuroscientist and pathologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1934)
4th » Alice Liddell, English model (d. 1934)
11th » Charles W. Fairbanks, American politician, 26th United States Vice President (d. 1918)
14th » Henri Julien, Canadian illustrator (d. 1908)
18th » Gertrude Käsebier, American photographer (d. 1934)
22nd » Hector Sévin, French cardinal (d. 1916)
25th » William Muldoon, American wrestler (d. 1933)
31st » Francisco Moreno, Argentinian explorer and academic (d. 1919)
31st » Julius Richard Petri, German microbiologist, invented the Petri dish (d. 1921)