Historical Events For May - 01

1852  On May - 01 calamity [Martha] Jane [Burke], frontier adventurer/indian fighter  

1853  Argentina adopts it's constitution on this day in history.  

1854  Amsterdam begins transferring drinking water out of the dunes on this day in history.  

1857  William Walker, conqueror of Nicaragua, surrenders to US Navy on this day in history.  

1858  On May - 01 anthony Johnson Showalter, composer  

1859  On this day in history bohuslav Jeremias, composer  

1861  On this day in history lee orders Confederate troops under T J Jackson to Harper's Ferry  

1862  On May - 01 union captain David Farragut conquers New Orleans  

1863  Battle of Chancellorsville VA (29,000 injured or died) on this day in history.  

1863  Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi on this day in history.  

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1863  Confederate "National Flag" replaces "Stars &Bars" on May - 01.  

1863  Confederate congress passed resolution to kill black soldiers on this day in history.  

1863  On this day in history battle of Chancellorsville, VA (29,000 injured or died)  

1863  Edward Dorr Tracy, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 29 on May - 01.  

1864  On May - 01 atlanta campaign, Georgia  

1864  On this day in history battle at Alexandria LA (Red River Campaign)  

1864  On this day in history wilderness campaign  

1864  -8] Battle at Alexandria, Louisiana (Red River Campaign) on this day in history.  

1866  American Equal Rights Association forms on this day in history.  

1867  On May - 01 reconstruction of South begins, black voter registration  

1867  On May - 01 howard University chartered  

1869  "Folies-Bergère" opens in Paris France on this day in history.  

1869  On May - 01 a colt is reported killed by a meteorite near New Concord OH  

1869  Folies Bergere opens in Paris on this day in history.  

1870  Francisco Solano Lopez, fieldmarshal/president of Paraguay on May - 01.  

1872  On May - 01 amalia, princess of Weimar/wife of prince Hendrik the Navigator, dies  

1873  Emperor Franz Jozef opens 5th World's Fair in Wien (Vienna) on this day in history.  

1873  On this day in history the first US postal card issued  

1873  1st US postal card issued on May - 01.  

1873  On this day in history david Livingstone, British physician/explorer (Africa), dies at 60  

1874  On May - 01 vilem Blodek, composer, dies at 39  

1875  On this day in history 238 members of "Whiskey Ring" accused of anti-US activities  

1880  Conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Tantum dic verbo) on May - 01.  

1881  On May - 01 pierre Teilhard de Chardin, France, philosopher/paleontologist  

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1218  John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257) was born on May - 01.  

1218  On May - 01 birth of rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291)  

1238  Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80) was born on this day in history.  

1285  Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.  

1493  Phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10) was born on this day in history.  

1545  On this day in history birth of franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist  

1567  On May - 01 birth of michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter  

1577  On this day in history birth of francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer  

0408  Death of Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338) on this day in history.  

1118  On this day in history death of edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080)  

1171  Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies on this day in history.  

1240  Death of Jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals on this day in history.  

1277  Stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies on May - 01.  

1308  Death of Albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered on this day in history.  

1447  Louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies on this day in history.  

1456  Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies on May - 01.