What happend on 15th May

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1869

Woman's suffrage: In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.

1864

American Civil War: Battle of Resaca, Georgia ends.

1864

American Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia – Students from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate Army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley.

1862

President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill into law creating the United States Bureau of Agriculture (later renamed USDA).

1858

The third Royal Opera House officially opens in London.

1851

Rama IV is crowned King of Thailand.

1836

Francis Baily observes "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse.

1795

First Coalition: Napoleon I of France enters Milan in triumph.

1776

American Revolution: Virginia convention instructs its delegates to propose a declaration of independence from Great Britain.

1756

The Seven Years' War begins when England declares war on France.