Page 4: Historical Events In May - 01

1786  On May - 01 wolfgang Mozart premieres his opera, The Marriage of Figaro, in Vienna   

1788  Smallpox in Pueblo Indians on May - 01.   

1788  Measles in United States on May - 01.   

1789  Smallpox in New South Wales, Australia on May - 01.   

1793  On this day in history influenza and epidemic typhus in United States   

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

1800  Ret Thomas Aloysius Dornin, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1874 on this day in history.   

1807  On May - 01 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 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  On May - 01 john Phillips becomes 1st mayor of Boston   

1825  On this day in history george Inness, US landscape painter (Delaware Water Gap)   

1829  On May - 01 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 May - 01.   

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 May - 01.   

1835  On this day in history alfred Napoleon Alexander "Natti" Duffie, Brig Gen (Union volunteers)   

1839  On May - 01 chardonnet, inventor (rayon)   

1840  On this day in history the first adhesive postage stamps ("Penny Blacks" from England) issued   

1840  On this day in history 1st adhesive postage stamps ("Penny Blacks" from England) issued   

1841  The first emigrant wagon train leaves Independence MO for California on this day in history.   

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

1844  On May - 01 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  The Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta is founded at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania on this day in history.   

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

1850  On May - 01 john Geary becomes 1st SF mayor   

1851  Great Exhibition opens in London's Hyde Park, at Crystal Palace on May - 01.   

1851  On May - 01 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 May - 01.   

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

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 May - 01.   

1493  On this day in history birth of phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10)   

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  Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer was born on May - 01.   

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  On May - 01 dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.