Franz Anton Mesmer ( May 23, 1734 – March 5, 1815 ) sometimes incorrectly referred to as Friedrich Anton Mesmer, was a German physician with an interest in astronomy, who theorised that there was a natural energetic transference that occurred between all animated and inanimate objects that he called magnétisme animal ( animal magnetism ) and other spiritual forces often grouped together as mesmerism.

He was brought to the island in October 1815 and lodged at Longwood, where he died on 5 May 1821.

* May 4 – Edward Clark, Confederate Governor of Texas ( b. 1815 )

* May 3, 1815 – Battle of Tolentino: Austria defeats the Kingdom of Naples, which quickly ends the Neapolitan War.

* May 30, 1815 – The Arniston, an East Indiaman repatriating wounded troops to England from Ceylon, is wrecked near Waenhuiskrans, South Africa with the loss of 372 of the 378 people on board.

* May 23 – Franz Mesmer, Austrian physician ( d. 1815 )

However, Napoleon reinstated it in May 1802, then finally abolished it permanently in March 1815.

Meanwhile in Italy, Joachim Murat, whom the Allies had allowed to remain King of Naples after Napoleon's initial defeat, once again allied with his brother-in-law, triggering the Neapolitan War ( March to May, 1815 ).

But the proclamation failed and the Austrians soon crushed Murat at the Battle of Tolentino ( 2 May to 3 May 1815 ), forcing him to flee.

The Bourbons returned to the throne of Naples on 20 May 1815.

With the signing of the treaty on 21 May 1815, 57 % of Saxon territory and 42 % of the Saxon population was turned over to Prussia.

On 22 May 1815 Frederick Augustus abdicated as ruler of the Duchy of Warsaw, whose territory was annexed mainly to Russia, but also partly to Prussia and Austria.

At the same meeting of the board of trustees at which Professor Moore was elected president of Williams College, May 2, 1815, Dr. Packard of Shelburne introduced the following motion: " That a committee of six persons be appointed to take into consideration the removal of the college to some other part of the Commonwealth, to make all necessary inquiries which have a bearing on the subject, and report at the next meeting.

The consequent Peace of Amiens lasted only one year ( 18 May 1803 ) and was the only period of peace during the so-called ' Great French War ' between 1793 and 1815.

The final quarter jointly owned by two Bloomington brothers, Jesse W. Fell ( 10 November 1808 – 25 February 1878 ) and Kersey H. Fell ( 1 May 1815 – 1 May 1893 ) The five were a distinguished group of men and all had links to the Chicago and Mississippi Railroad.

In May 1815 the last of the Harmonists who had remained behind until the sale of their town in Pennsylvania was completed departed for their new town along the Wabash River.

Brown Township, named for a Major General Jacob Brown of the War of 1812, was formed on May 3, 1815 by the Pennsylvania General Assembly from parts of Mifflin and Pine Townships.

Skirmishes occurred between U. S. troops and British-allied Indians along the Mississippi River frontier for months after the treaty, including the Battle of the Sink Hole in May 1815.

Deprived of his positions by Napoleon during the Hundred Days, he was appointed Minister of Justice under the Duc de Richelieu ( August 1815 ), tried unsuccessfully to gain the confidence of the Ultra-Royalists, and withdrew at the end of nine months ( 10 May 1816 ).

He wanted to create a through route between the River Severn and the Midlands, and so the Canal Company obtained a further act of Parliament on 12 May 1815, which authorised a connection between the canal and the Avon at Stratford, as well as enabling them to build reservoirs at Earlswood.

The summer service runs 1 May – 30 September from Whitehouse Slip until 1815 hrs.

On 29 May 1815, shortly before the battle of Waterloo, Wellington and Blücher reviewed the Allied cavalry here.

Ferdinand was styled both Ferdinand III of Sicily ( 6 October 1759 – 8 December 1816 ) and Ferdinand IV of Naples ( 6 October 1759 – 23 January 1799 ; 13 June 1799 – 30 March 1806 ; 3 May 1815 – 8 December 1816 ).

Armenia became independent from the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic on 28 May 1918 as the Democratic Republic of Armenia ( DRA ).

The first Sheriff, Mr Samuel Smart, was wounded during the robbery, and on 2 May 1838 one of the offenders, Michael Magee, became the first person to be hanged in South Australia.

It became effective as a federal government standard on May 26, 2002 after approval by the Secretary of Commerce.

Patrick Henry ( May 29, 1736 – June 6, 1799 ) was an attorney, planter and politician who became known as an orator during the movement for independence in Virginia in the 1770s.

He was one of the seven cardinals who, in May 1408, deserted Pope Gregory XII, and, with those following Antipope Benedict XIII from Avignon, convened the Council of Pisa, of which Cossa became the leader.

Koeman became the manager for AZ on 17 May 2009.

On May 29, 1453, the city fell to the Ottoman Turks, and again became the capital of a powerful state, the Ottoman Empire.

On the Tuesday before Acension Day ( 26 May ) his breathing became worse, and his feet swelled.

On May 14, 2005, the newly opened Sports Legends Museum at Camden Yards became the repository for the many Orioles and Colts artifacts and other items.

In May 2007, the channel became available for UK viewers to view through the BBC News website through a live stream.

A temporary conservation laboratory was set up in May 1920 and became a permanent department in 1931.

Greece was the only Balkan country with a navy powerful enough to deny use of the Aegean to the Ottoman Empire, thus a treaty between Greece and Bulgaria became necessary ; it was signed in May 1912.

The two had disagreed on the issue as early as March – May 1903, but it was not until the Congress that their differences became irreconcilable and split the party.

He left the university in February 2005 and in May of that year became an Adjunct Professor at Copenhagen Business School.

Hannah entered a period of remission, but in May 1903 became ill again.

In May 2010, Chile became the first South American nation to join the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

In May 2010 Chile became the first South American country to join the OECD.

The group became dormant in the following two years, and on May 24, 2002, officially announced their breakup amid continuing litigation with Universal Music Group over their record contract.

In 1919, the May Fourth Movement began as a response to the terms imposed on China by the Treaty of Versailles ending World War I, but quickly became a protest movement about the domestic situation in China.

The Czech Republic became a member of the EU in May 2004.

On 5 May 1933 he became a member of the Nazi Party.

In May 2008, Gail finally met Ted Page, the father she'd never known and in 2009, Gail's boyfriend, Joe McIntyre became addicted to pain killers, which came to a head when he broke into the medical centre.

In May 2007, the program, which had only previously been available digitally as a paid subscription from Audible. com, became a free podcast distributed by NPR, after a two-month test period where only a " call of the week " was available via podcast.

In May 2010, a team of scientists led by Venter became the first to successfully create what was described as " synthetic life ".

In May 1983, she became a grandmother.