12th » The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a Provinces of Canada or province of Canada on July 15.
14th » The first game of rugby football e.g rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson, New Zealand known as Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1870
3rd » Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1948)
4th » Alexandre Benois, Russian painter and critic (d. 1960)
6th » Walter Rutherford, Scottish golfer (d. 1936)
11th » Otto von Friesen, Swedish linguist and educator (d. 1942)