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, 1848
Day of Week 18th » Opening of the first German National Assembly (Frankfurt Parliament named Nationalversammlung) in Frankfurt, Germany.
Day of Week 19th » Mexican–American War: Mexico ratifies the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo thus ending the war and ceding California, Nevada, Utah and parts of four other modern-day U.S. states to the United States for US$15 million.
Day of Week 22nd » History of Martinique 1815-1899 or Slavery is abolished in Martinique.
Day of Week 29th » Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1848
1st » Adelsteen Normann, Norwegian painter (d. 1919)
6th » Henry Edward Armstrong, English chemist (d. 1937)
15th » Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (d. 1926)