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  On May - 01 measles in United States  

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

1793  On May - 01 influenza and epidemic typhus in United States  

1793  On May - 01 yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793, resurgences in United States  

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 May - 01.  

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  John Phillips becomes first mayor of Boston on this day in history.  

1822  On May - 01 john Phillips becomes 1st mayor of Boston  

1825  George Inness, US landscape painter (Delaware Water Gap) on May - 01.  

1829  Jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice on May - 01.  

1830  On this day in history mother (Mary Harris) Jones, US reformer and labor organizer  

1831  Antonius van Alphen, apostle vicar of De Bosch, dies at 82 on May - 01.  

1833  The passenger ship Lady of the Lake sinks after striking an iceberg on May - 01.  

1834  Belgian parliament accept railway laws on this day in history.  

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

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

1840  The first adhesive postage stamps ("Penny Blacks" from England) issued on May - 01.  

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  On this day in history whig convention nominates Henry Clay as presidential candidate  

1846  On May - 01 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 May - 01.  

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  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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1218  On May - 01 birth of john I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257)  

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

1238  On this day in history birth of magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80)  

1285  On this day in history birth of edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326)  

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 this day in history.  

1567  Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter was born on this day in history.  

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

0408  Death of Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338) on May - 01.  

1118  Death of Edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080) on May - 01.  

1171  Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies on May - 01.  

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

1277  On May - 01 stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies  

1308  On this day in history death of albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered  

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

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