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, 1788
Day of Week 8th » The French Parlement is suspended to be replaced by the creation of forty-seven new courts.
Day of Week 23rd » South Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution as the 8th United States e.g American state.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1788
10th » Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist and engineer (d. 1827)
10th » Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (d. 1819)
16th » Friedrich Rückert, German poet and translator (d. 1866)
22nd » William Broughton (bishop) e.g William Broughton, English bishop (d. 1853)
Famous Deaths for May 1788
8th » Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1723)