Page 4: Historical Events In May - 01

1786  On this day in history wolfgang Mozart premieres his opera, The Marriage of Figaro, in Vienna   

1788  On May - 01 smallpox in Pueblo Indians   

1788  Measles in United States on May - 01.   

1789  On this day in history smallpox in New South Wales, Australia   

1793  Influenza and epidemic typhus in United States on May - 01.   

1793  Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793, resurgences in United States on May - 01.   

1800  On May - 01 ret Thomas Aloysius Dornin, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1874   

1807  John Bankhead "Prince John" Magruder, Major General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.   

1818  Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet on May - 01.   

1819  On May - 01 william Steele, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885   

1822  On this day in history john Phillips becomes first mayor of Boston   

1822  John Phillips becomes 1st mayor of Boston on this day in history.   

1825  George Inness, US landscape painter (Delaware Water Gap) on this day in history.   

1829  On this day in history jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice   

1830  Mother (Mary Harris) Jones, US reformer and labor organizer on this day in history.   

1831  Antonius van Alphen, apostle vicar of De Bosch, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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  Alfred Napoleon Alexander "Natti" Duffie, Brig Gen (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

1839  Chardonnet, inventor (rayon) on this day in history.   

1840  On May - 01 the first adhesive postage stamps ("Penny Blacks" from England) issued   

1840  On May - 01 1st adhesive postage stamps ("Penny Blacks" from England) issued   

1841  The first emigrant wagon train leaves Independence MO for California on May - 01.   

1841  1st emigrant wagon train leaves Independence, Missouri for Calif on this day in history.   

1844  Samuel Morse sends first telegraphic message on May - 01.   

1844  Whig convention nominates Henry Clay as presidential candidate on May - 01.   

1846  On this day in history ida Pfeiffer (48) begins trip around world   

1848  On May - 01 the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta is founded at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.   

1850  On May - 01 john Geary becomes first San Fransisco mayor   

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  On this day in history great Exhibition opens in Chrystal Palace London   

1852  On May - 01 the Philippine peso is introduced into circulation.   

1852  Calamity [Martha] Jane [Burke], frontier adventurer/indian fighter on this day in history.   

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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  On May - 01 birth of magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80)   

1285  Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326) was born on May - 01.   

1493  On May - 01 birth of phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10)   

1545  Franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist was born on May - 01.   

1567  On this day in history birth of michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter   

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

0408  On this day in history death of arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338)   

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  On this day in history death of jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals   

1277  On this day in history stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies   

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

1447  On May - 01 louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies   

1456  Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies on this day in history.