Davenport was founded on May 14, 1836 by Antoine LeClaire and was named for his friend, George Davenport, a colonel during the Black Hawk War stationed at nearby Fort Armstrong.

Davenport was established on May 14, 1836 by Antoine LeClaire, and named after his good friend Colonel George Davenport who was stationed at Fort Armstrong during the war.

On May 16, 1836, he had a second wedding ceremony in Richmond with Virginia Clemm, this time in public.

As South Australia ( 1836 ), Tasmania ( January 1855 ) and Victoria ( May 1855 ) obtained responsible government, their Lieutenant-Governors were replaced by Governors.

They were married on 4 May 1836 and Margherita gave birth to two children, Virginia Maria Luigia ( 26 March 1837 – 12 August 1838 ) and Icilio Romano ( 11 July 1838 – 22 October 1839 ).

Joseph Gurney Cannon ( May 7, 1836 – November 12, 1926 ) was a United States politician from Illinois and leader of the Republican Party.

His lyrical epic poem " Máj " ( May ), published in 1836 shortly before his death, was judged by his contemporaries as confusing, too individualistic, and not in harmony with the national ideas.

The second Anti-Masonic National nominating convention was held in Philadelphia on May 4, 1836.

* May 29 – William S. Gilbert, English dramatist ( b. 1836 )

* May 26 – Edward Livingston, American jurist and statesman ( d. 1836 )

* May 23 – Jarosław Dąbrowski, Polish general ( b. 1836 )

* May 8 – Armand Carrel, French writer ( d. 1836 )

* May 3 – Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, French cleric and constitutional theorist ( d. 1836 )

It was enacted into law in May 1836.

The House passed the Pinckney Resolutions on May 26, 1836, the third of which was known from the beginning as the " gag rule " and passed with a vote of 117 to 68 ( The first stated that Congress had no constitutional authority to interfere with slavery in the states and the second that it " ought not " do so in the District of Columbia.

Between 26 May 1830 and 13 October 1836 the architect Avraam Melnikov established the ' Catedrala Nașterea Domnului ' with a magnificent bell tower.

Francis Bret Harte ( August 25, 1836 – May 6, 1902 ) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in California.

Arguably the most infamous Indian depredation in Texas happened in Limestone County on May 19, 1836 when an odd alliance of Comanche, Kiowa, Caddo and Wichita approached Fort Parker surreptitiously under a flag of peace.

The city of Wyoming, Illinois was founded on May 3, 1836 by General Samuel Thomas who was a veteran of the War of 1812.

* Dover was a former post office in the township that operated from May 28, 1836, until October 26, 1841.

Prairie Ronde was set off from Brady Township as a separate township with its present limits in May 1836.

Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle ( 10 May 1760, Montaigu, Jura – 26 June 1836 ), was a French Army officer of the Revolutionary Wars.

After the first settlers arrived in 1809, North Tonawanda became part of the town of Wheatfield, New York in Niagara County, from May 1836.

From May to July 1836, Royal Navy officer Captain William Hobson, under instruction from Sir Richard Bourke, visited New Zealand to investigate claims of lawlessness in its settlements.

Decatur was founded in May 1836 as a county seat for Meigs County, which had been formed that same year.

On May 11,330, A.D.,, its name was changed again, this time to Constantinople after its emperor, Constantine.

Sturdy and strong after more than a century of continuous use, the old covered, wooden bridge that spans the Tygartis Valley River at Philippi will have a distinctive part in the week-long observance of the first land battle of the Civil War at its home site, May 28th to June 3rd.

Mr. Kennedy told Moscow he would give his answer by May 20 after consultation with the Allies.

:: L. Marcus Annius Verus Caesar ( after May 162 – 10 September 169 ), died young without issue

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

Originally referred to as Baby for several months, she was eventually named Abby May after her mother.

" He died three days later on March 4 ; Louisa May died only two days after her father.

On May 25, 1961, twenty days after the first US manned spaceflight Freedom 7, Kennedy proposed the Apollo program to Congress in a special address to a joint session:

Albert of Prussia (; ) ( 17 May 1490 – 20 March 1568 ) was the 37th and last sovereign Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights and, after converting to Lutheranism, the first duke of the Duchy of Prussia, which was the first state to adopt the Lutheran faith and Protestantism as the official state religion.

Joining the League of Torgau in 1526, he acted in unison with the Protestants, and was among the princes who banded and plotted together to overthrow Charles V after the issue of the Augsburg Interim in May 1548.

The Senate took three votes: on May 16, it voted on the 11th article of impeachment, which included many of the charges contained in the other articles, and on May 26 voted on the second and third articles, after which the trial adjourned.

In the seventh week after Easter May 878, around Whitsuntide, Alfred rode to ‘ Egbert's Stone ’ east of Selwood, where he was met by " all the people of Somerset and of Wiltshire and of that part of Hampshire which is on this side of the sea is, west of Southampton Water, and they rejoiced to see him ".

Afonso died almost immediately after, in Lisbon in May.

Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier ( also Antoine Lavoisier after the French Revolution ; 26 August 17438 May 1794 ; ), the " father of modern chemistry ," was a French nobleman prominent in the histories of chemistry and biology.

* Earliest day on which Store Bededag or General Prayer Day can fall, while May 13 is the latest ; observed on the 4th Friday after Easter day.

On May 8, after going 12 – 17 in 29 games, the Diamondbacks released manager Bob Melvin and hired A. J. Hinch.

Alexander V died soon after, and on 25 May 1410 Cossa was consecrated pope, taking the name John XXIII.

In addition, in 889, Arnulf supported the claim of Louis the Blind to the kingdom of Provence, after receiving a personal appeal from Louis ’ mother, Ermengard, who came to see Arnulf at Forchheim in May 889.

His troops left Córdoba on 7 May 914 and, after a few days, encamped before the walls of Balda ( identified with today's Cuevas de San Marcos ).

The Amir Sher Ali marched up against them from Kandahar ; but in the battle that ensued at Sheikhabad on May 10, he was deserted by a large body of his troops, and after his signal defeat Abdur Rahman released his father, Afzul Khan, from prison in Ghazni, and installed him upon the throne as Amir of Afghanistan.

On May 21, 1984, during a press conference at which the Atari 7800 was introduced, company executives revealed that the 5200 had been discontinued after just two years on the market.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum opened on Broadway on May 8, 1962 at the Alvin Theatre, and then transferred to the Mark Hellinger Theatre and the Majestic Theatre, where the show closed on August 29, 1964, after 964 performances and 8 previews.

Gianfranco Fini was notably nominated Deputy Prime Minister after the 2001 general election and was Foreign Minister from November 2004 to May 2006.

After three years of consistent use across different platforms, the BBC began to drop the BBCi brand gradually ; on 6 May 2004, the BBC website was renamed bbc. co. uk, after the main URL used to access the site.