Éric Alfred Leslie Satie () ( 17 May 1866 – Paris, 1 July 1925 ; signed his name Erik Satie after 1884 ) was a French composer and pianist.

17 May 1866

In grateful recognition of that fact, on the fiftieth anniversary ( May 16, 1866 ) of the date of Windischmann's preface to that work, a fund called Die Bopp-Stiftung, for the promotion of the study of Sanskrit and comparative grammar, was established at Berlin, to which liberal contributions were made by his numerous pupils and admirers in all parts of the globe.

Louisa May Alcott's Gothic potboiler, A Long Fatal Love Chase ( written in 1866, but published in 1995 ) is also an interesting specimen of this subgenre.

* The last Monday of May is Memorial Day in the United States, first celebrated on May 5, 1866, in Waterloo, New York.

Founded on May 10, 1866, during the Eleventh National Woman ’ s Rights Convention, the AERA met its first test in 1867.

The submarine sank during tests in Valparaiso bay on May 3, 1866, with the entire eleven-man crew.

* May 23 – Witmer Stone, American ornithologist and botanist ( b. 1866 )

* May 16 – Friedrich Rückert, German poet, translator, and professor of Oriental languages ( d. 1866 )

* May 9 – Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English Member of Parliament and developer ( d. 1866 )

* May 8 – Aleksandr Ulyanov, Russian revolutionary, brother of V. I. Lenin ( b. 1866 )

* May 2 – Ernest Starling, British physiologist ( b. 1866 )

* May 24 – William Whewell, English scientist, philosopher, and historian of science ( d. 1866 )

From 1 May 1850 until 24 August 1866 he was President of the German Confederation.

The original restrictive Act was passed by the United States Congress on May 1866.

while the foundation of Darul Uloom Deoband was laid on 30 May 1866.

The command of the expedition in Buffalo, New York, was entrusted by Roberts to Colonel John O ' Neill, who crossed the Niagara River ( the Niagara is the international border ) at the head of at least 800 ( O ' Neill's figure ; usually reported as up to 1, 500 in Canadian sources ) men on the night and morning of 31 May / 1 June 1866, and briefly captured Fort Erie, defeating a Canadian force at Ridgeway.

On May 8, 1866, during a debate on the Fourteenth Amendment, Thaddeus Stevens, the leader of the Republicans in the House of Representatives, delivered a very important speech on the amendment's intent.

The next courthouse, built in 1864, also fell victim to fire in May 1866.

Following the death of his father-in-law in May 1866, Custer returned to Monroe, Michigan, where he considered running for Congress.

McLean was incorporated as a village on 29 May 1866.

The town of Saybrook was incorporated 29 May 1866

The community developed on the eastern side of the tracks and was renamed " Eaton Rapids Junction " on March 12, 1866, and again renamed " Rives Junction " on May 7, 1866.

* On 29 May 2010 Chief Secretary to the Treasury David Laws resigned from the Cabinet and was referred to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards after the Daily Telegraph newspaper published details of Laws claiming around £ 40, 000 in expenses on a second home owned by a secret gay partner between 2004 and 2009 whilst House of Commons rules have prevented MPs from claiming second home expenses on properties owned by a partner since 2006.

On May 24, Kazuo Matsui, former Rockies second baseman during the 2007 championship season, was resigned to the club following his unconditional release from the Houston Astros.

His duties as Commissary prevented his attendance, so in May 1778 he resigned.

In May 2010, Lineker resigned from his role as columnist for The Mail on Sunday in protest over the sting operation against Lord Triesman that jeopardised England ’ s bid to host the 2018 World Cup.

Triesman resigned as chairman of the bid and the FA on 16 May 2010 after the publication of a secret recording of a conversation between the peer and a former ministerial aide, during which he claimed that Spain and Russia were planning to bribe referees at the World Cup in South Africa.

Stuart was promoted to captain on April 22, 1861, but resigned from the U. S. Army on May 3, 1861, to join the Confederate States Army, following the secession of Virginia.

The cabinet of Algirdas Brazauskas resigned on May 31, 2006 as President Valdas Adamkus expressed no confidence in two of the Ministers, formerly party colleagues of Brazauskas, over ethical principles.

In May 1045, Benedict IX resigned his office to pursue marriage, selling his office to his godfather, the pious priest John Gratian, who named himself Gregory VI.

In May 1301, Umfraville, Comyn and Lamberton also resigned as joint Guardians and were replaced by Sir John de Soules as sole Guardian.

Wojciech Olejniczak, the former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, was elected the president of SLD on 29 May 2004, succeeded Józef Oleksy, who resigned from the post of Polish Prime Minister due to alleged connections to the KGB.

George Hadfield was hired on October 15, 1795 as superintendent of construction, but resigned three years later in May 1798, due to dissatisfaction with Thornton's plan and quality of work done thus far.

In an effort to preserve their vision of the organization, the Fifth Order members revealed their identities and resigned their leadership positions at Mattachine's May 1953 convention.

In May 2003 Olivier Dupuis resigned from his office as Secretary of the party, because of serious political differences with TRP leader Marco Pannella.

Among those who opposed Henry's actions was Holbein's former host and patron Sir Thomas More, who resigned as Lord Chancellor in May 1532.

Thus disgraced, Brandt resigned from his position as the Chancellor on 6 May 1974.

Raeder offered his resignation rather than accept the scrapping of the capital ships and formally resigned from the Kriegsmarine in May 1943.

Van Basten became trainer of Ajax after Euro 2008 but resigned on 6 May 2009 after his team failed to qualify for the UEFA Champions League.

Lie resigned from his post in May 1898 and returned to Norway in September of that year.

After the Southern states seceded in 1861 and most of their representatives resigned from Congress, the Republican Congress passed the bill ; it was signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on May 20, 1862.

Stanton resigned in May 1868.

Gilles Duceppe announced on 11 May 2007 that he would run in the Parti Québécois leadership race to replace André Boisclair, who resigned on 8 May 2007, after the poor performance in the March 2007 Quebec provincial election and internal dissent forced him to step down.

This process was triggered for the first time on May 31, 2010, when Horst Köhler resigned the office, as all his predecessors ( with the exception of Heinrich Lübke, who announced in 1968 that he would resign the following year, his resignation taking effect after the regular election of his successor and just three months before the scheduled end of his term of office ) had served their terms in full.

In May 1532, Sir Thomas More resigned the chancellorship and, in June, Fisher preached publicly against the divorce.

In May 1992, entertainment magazine The Hollywood Reporter reported that about 25 % of Euro Disney's workforce — approximately 3, 000 people — had resigned from their jobs because of unacceptable working conditions.