SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2019

1631 — English colony Massachusetts Bay grants puritarian voting right

1642 — Montreal, Canada founded

1756 — England declares war on France

1804 — Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed emperor of France

1830 — Edwin Budding of England signs an agreement for manufacture of his invention, the lawn mower

1843 — United Free Church of Scotland forms

1852 — Massachusetts rules all school-age children must attend school

1860 — Republican Party nominates Abraham Lincoln for president

1889 — Jules Massenets opera "Esclarmonde" premieres in Paris

1917 — U.S. passes Selective Service act

1927 — Grauman’s Chinese Theater opens in Hollywood, Calif.