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, 1828
Day of Week 19th » U.S. President John Quincy Adams signs the Tariff of 1828 into law, protecting wool manufacturers in the United States.
Day of Week 26th » Feral child Kaspar Hauser is discovered wandering the streets of Nuremberg.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1828
2nd » Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (d. 1915)
8th » Henry Dunant, Swiss businessman and activist, co-founded the Red Cross, Nobel Peace Prize or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1910)
8th » Charbel Makhluf, Lebanese monk and saint (d. 1898)
12th » Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (d. 1882)
Famous Deaths for May 1828
8th » Mauro Giuliani, Italian guitarist, cellist, and composer (b. 1781)
28th » Daikokuya Kōdayū, Japanese castaway (b. 1751)