Page 4: Historical Events In May - 01

1786  Wolfgang Mozart premieres his opera, The Marriage of Figaro, in Vienna on May - 01.   

1788  Smallpox in Pueblo Indians on this day in history.   

1788  Measles in United States on May - 01.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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  Samuel Morse sends first telegraphic message on this day in history.   

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

1846  On May - 01 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  On this day in history john Geary becomes 1st SF mayor   

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

1851  On this day in history great Exhibition opens in Chrystal Palace London   

1852  On this day in history the Philippine peso is introduced into circulation.   

1852  On this day in history 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  Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80) was born on this day in history.   

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

1493  Phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10) was born on May - 01.   

1545  On May - 01 birth of franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist   

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

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

0408  Death of Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338) on this day in history.   

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 May - 01.   

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 this day in history louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies   

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