Page 4: Historical Events In May - 01
Friday, 18 July 2025
1786 Wolfgang Mozart premieres his opera, The Marriage of Figaro, in Vienna on this day in history.
1788 Smallpox in Pueblo Indians on May - 01.
1788 Measles in United States on May - 01.
1789 On May - 01 smallpox in New South Wales, Australia
1793 Influenza and epidemic typhus in United States on May - 01.
1793 On May - 01 yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793, resurgences in United States
1800 Ret Thomas Aloysius Dornin, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1874 on this day in history.
1807 On this day in history john Bankhead "Prince John" Magruder, Major General (Confederate Army)
1818 On this day in history jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet
1819 On this day in history william Steele, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885
1822 On May - 01 john Phillips becomes first mayor of Boston
1822 John Phillips becomes 1st mayor of Boston on this day in history.
1825 On May - 01 george Inness, US landscape painter (Delaware Water Gap)
1829 Jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice on this day in history.
1830 On this day in history mother (Mary Harris) Jones, US reformer and labor organizer
1831 On this day in history antonius van Alphen, apostle vicar of De Bosch, dies at 82
1833 On this day in history the passenger ship Lady of the Lake sinks after striking an iceberg
1834 Belgian parliament accept railway laws on this day in history.
1835 On May - 01 alfred Napoleon Alexander "Natti" Duffie, Brig Gen (Union volunteers)
1839 On this day in history chardonnet, inventor (rayon)
1840 On this day in history the first adhesive postage stamps ("Penny Blacks" from England) issued
1840 1st adhesive postage stamps ("Penny Blacks" from England) issued on May - 01.
1841 On May - 01 the first emigrant wagon train leaves Independence MO for California
1841 1st emigrant wagon train leaves Independence, Missouri for Calif on May - 01.
1844 On this day in history samuel Morse sends first telegraphic message
1844 Whig convention nominates Henry Clay as presidential candidate on this day in history.
1846 On this day in history ida Pfeiffer (48) begins trip around world
1848 On this day in history the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta is founded at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.
1850 John Geary becomes first San Fransisco mayor on this day in history.
1850 John Geary becomes 1st SF mayor on this day in history.
1851 Great Exhibition opens in London's Hyde Park, at Crystal Palace on May - 01.
1851 Great Exhibition opens in Chrystal Palace London on May - 01.
1852 The Philippine peso is introduced into circulation on this day in history.
1852 On May - 01 calamity [Martha] Jane [Burke], frontier adventurer/indian fighter
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