May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days. May is a month of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere and spring in the Northern Hemisphere (Summer in Europe). Therefore May in the Southern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of November in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa.
May symbols: The birthstone of May is the emerald which is emblematic of love and success. The May birth flower is the Lily of the Valley and the Crataegus monogyna. The mayflower Epigaea repens is a North American harbinger of May, and the floral emblem of both Nova Scotia and Massachusetts. Its native range extends from Newfoundland south to Florida, west to Kentucky in the southern range, and to Northwest Territories in the north. The zodiac signs for the month of May are Taurus (until May 20) and Gemini (May 21 onwards).
Historical Events for May, 1776
Day of Week 1st » Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt (Upper Bavaria), by Jesuit-taught Adam Weishaupt.
Day of Week 4th » Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
Day of Week 15th » American Revolution: the Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a Lee Resolution known as resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence.
Day of Week 19th » American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1776
20th » Simon Fraser (explorer) called Simon Fraser, American-Canadian explorer (d. 1862)