The right of settlement remained restricted to Endingen and Lengnau until 7 May 1846, when they were allowed to settle in any portion of the canton of Aargau.

His draw was such that some facilities were " crowded to suffocation "; an example was his hugely popular London Reception Speech, which Douglass delivered at Alexander Fletcher's Finsbury Chapel in May 1846.

Slidell returned to Washington in May 1846, having been rebuffed by the Mexican government.

Polk then made this the casus belli, and in a message to Congress on May 11, 1846, he stated that Mexico had " invaded our territory and shed American blood upon the American soil.

On the night of May 9, 1846, Frémont received a courier, Lieutenant Archibald Gillespie, bringing messages from President James Polk.

To avenge the deaths, Frémont attacked a Klamath Tribe fishing village named Dokdokwas, that most likely had nothing to do with the attack, at the junction of the Williamson River and Klamath Lake, on May 10, 1846.

Lars Magnus Ericsson ( 5 May 1846 – 17 December 1926 ) was a Swedish inventor, entrepreneur and founder of telephone equipment manufacturer Ericsson ( incorporated as Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson ).

The ships left England in May 1846 and were never heard from again, although since then much has been discovered about the fate of the 129 officers and crew.

* May 5 – Axel Wilhelm Eriksson, Swedish settler and trader in south-west Africa ( born 1846 )

* May 3 – Giuseppe Acerbi, Italian explorer ( d. 1846 )

On the third reading of Peel's Bill of Repeal ( Importation Act 1846 ) on 15 May, MPs voted 327 votes to 229 ( a majority of 98 ) to repeal the Corn Laws.

Blessed Pope Pius IX ( 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878 ), born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, was the longest-reigning elected Pope in the history of the Catholic Church, serving from 16 June 1846 until his death, a period of nearly 32 years.

The City of Benicia was founded on May 19, 1847, by Dr. Robert Semple, and Thomas O. Larkin and Comandante General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, on land sold to them by General Vallejo in December 1846.

He finally escaped in May 1846 by exchanging clothes with a mason working at the fortress.

The profits from her book had helped Droste to buy a small house near Meersburg, where she lived from 1846 until her death in May 1848, probably from tuberculosis.

On the third reading of Peel's Bill of Repeal ( Importation Act 1846 ) on 15 May, MPs voted 327 votes to 229 ( a majority of 98 ) to repeal the Corn Laws.

* 1846, May 13-The United States Congress officially declares war on Mexico.

After a May 9, 1846 Indian attack on his expedition party, Frémont retaliated by attacking a Klamath Indian fishing village named Dokdokwas the following day, although the people living there might not have been involved in the first action.

On May 10, 1846, the Frémont group completely destroyed it.

* 1846, May 13-The United States Congress officially declares war on Mexico.

It is named after Maj. Samuel Ringgold, a hero of the Battle of Palo Alto fought in May 1846, during the Mexican-American War.

The name " Palo " Pay-Low, locally was suggested by John in honor of the victory by General Zachary Taylor at the Battle of Palo Alto, the first major battle of the Mexican – American War fought on May 8, 1846.

* Joshua S. Salmon ( 1846 – 1902 ), represented the 4th congressional district from March 4, 1899 – May 6, 1902.

In May 1846, Meusebach received a letter from Count Castell informing him 4, 304 emigrants were on their way to Texas.

For some unusual photographic subjects, if your vacation takes you nearby, try these events: the 600-mile auto race in Charlotte, N.C.,, on May 27 ; ;

When his eldest daughters died of consumption in 1825, Maria on 6 May and Elizabeth on 15 June, Charlotte and Emily were immediately brought home.

Caitlin Clarke ( May 3, 1952 – September 9, 2004 ) was an American theater and film actress best known for her role as Valerian in the 1981 fantasy film Dragonslayer and for her role as Charlotte Cardoza in the 1998 – 1999 Broadway musical Titanic.

On 10 May 1499, Cesare married Charlotte of Albret ( 1480 – 11 March 1514 ).

* May 24 – Charlotte Mary Yonge, English novelist ( born 1823 )

* May 30 – Princess Charlotte Louise Juliette Louvet Grimaldi of Monaco, heir to the throne, resigns from her rights in favor of her son Prince Rainier Louis Henri Maxence Bertrand Grimaldi, later reigning Prince Rainier III of Monaco.

* May 4 – Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria ( b. 1847 )

* May 5 – Charlotte of Bourbon, third wife of William I of Orange ( b. 1547 or 1548 )

* May 2 – Leopold of Saxe-Coburg ( later King of the Belgians ) marries Charlotte Augusta, but she dies the next year.

* May 10 – Marie Magdalene Charlotte Ackermann, German actress ( b. 1757 )

* May 29 – Charlotte Slottsberg, Swedish ballerina

* May 19 – Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, queen of George III of Great Britain ( d. 1818 )

* Wilhelmina Frederika Louise Charlotte Marianne ( b. Berlin, 9 May 1810 – d. Schloss Reinhartshausen bei Erbach, 29 May 1883 ), married on 14 September 1830 with Prince Albert of Prussia.

* May 10 – Sophie Charlotte Ackermann, German actress ( d. 1792 )

* May 5 – Françoise Charlotte d ' Aubigné, niece of Madame de Maintenon and ancestress of the Heir to the Belgian throne ( d. 1739 )

In Carlton House on 2 May 1816, he married Princess Charlotte of Wales, the only legitimate child of the British Prince Regent ( later King George IV of the United Kingdom ) and therefore second in line to the British throne, and was created a British field-marshal and Knight of the Garter.

* Stéphanie Clotilde Louise Herminie Marie Charlotte, born at Laken on 11 May 1864, and died at the Archabbey of Pannonhalma in Győr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary, on 23 August 1945.

On 5 May 1778, Dr. Lassonne, Marie Antoinette's private physician, confirmed her pregnancy .< ref > Castelot, André, Madame Royale, Librairie Académique Perrin, Paris, 1962, p. 15, ISBN, ( French ).</ ref > On 19 December 1778, the Queen gave birth to a daughter, who was named Marie-Thérèse Charlotte de France, and given the honorific title Madame Royale.

Stars featured in the film included Charlotte Henry as Alice, W. C. Fields as Humpty Dumpty, Edna May Oliver as the Red Queen, Cary Grant as the Mock Turtle ( Grant's star was still on the ascent at the time ), Gary Cooper as the White Knight, Edward Everett Horton as The Hatter, Charles Ruggles as The March Hare, and Baby LeRoy as The Joker.

The Charlotte at Portsmouth before departure in May 1787

On 18 May 1797, at St. James's Palace in London, he married Charlotte, Princess Royal of Great Britain, the eldest daughter of King George III and his wife, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

On May 20, 1912 it made its first run from Charlotte to Gastonia.