Page 4: Historical Events In May - 01

1786  On May - 01 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 May - 01 smallpox in New South Wales, Australia   

1793  Influenza and epidemic typhus in United States on this day in history.   

1793  Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793, resurgences in United States on this day in history.   

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

1807  On May - 01 john Bankhead "Prince John" Magruder, Major General (Confederate Army)   

1818  Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet on this day in history.   

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

1831  On this day in history antonius van Alphen, apostle vicar of De Bosch, dies at 82   

1833  On May - 01 the passenger ship Lady of the Lake sinks after striking an iceberg   

1834  On May - 01 belgian parliament accept railway laws   

1835  On May - 01 alfred Napoleon Alexander "Natti" Duffie, Brig Gen (Union volunteers)   

1839  On this day in history chardonnet, inventor (rayon)   

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  On May - 01 the first emigrant wagon train leaves Independence MO for California   

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

1844  On this day in history samuel Morse sends first telegraphic message   

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

1846  Ida Pfeiffer (48) begins trip around world on May - 01.   

1848  On this day in history the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta is founded at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.   

1850  On this day in history john Geary becomes first San Fransisco mayor   

1850  John Geary becomes 1st SF mayor on this day in history.   

1851  On this day in history great Exhibition opens in London's Hyde Park, at Crystal Palace   

1851  Great Exhibition opens in Chrystal Palace London on this day in history.   

1852  The Philippine peso is introduced into circulation on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1218  Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1577  Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer was born on this day in history.   

0408  On May - 01 death of arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338)   

1118  On May - 01 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 May - 01.   

1240  On May - 01 death of jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals   

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

1308  On May - 01 death of albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered   

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

1456  On this day in history hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies