6th » The British East India Company disbands the 34th Regiment of Bengal Regiment or Bengal Native Infantry whose sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolted against the British and is considered to be the First Martyr in the War of Independence of 1857 or War of
10th » Indian Rebellion of 1857: In India, the first war of Independence begins. Sepoys mutiny against their commanding officers at Meerut.
11th » Indian Rebellion of 1857: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.
26th » Dred Scott is emancipated by the Blow family, his original owners.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1857
1st » Theo van Gogh (art dealer) known as Theo van Gogh, Dutch art dealer (d. 1891)
3rd » George Gore, American baseball player (d. 1933)
7th » William A. MacCorkle, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of West Virginia (d. 1930)
13th » Ronald Ross, Indian-English physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1932)
15th » Williamina Fleming, Scottish-American astronomer and academic (d. 1911)