Historical Events In May - 01

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

1788  Smallpox in Pueblo Indians on this day in history.  

1788  Measles in United States on this day in history.  

1789  Smallpox in New South Wales, Australia on this day in history.  

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

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

1800  On this day in history 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  

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1822  On May - 01 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  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 May - 01.  

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 May - 01.  

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

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  On this day in history 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 May - 01.  

1844  On May - 01 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 May - 01 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  On May - 01 john Geary becomes 1st SF mayor  

1851  On May - 01 great Exhibition opens in London's Hyde Park, at Crystal Palace  

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  On this day in history 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 May - 01.  

1238  Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80) was born on May - 01.  

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 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  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 May - 01.  

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 May - 01 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 May - 01.  

1447  Louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies on this day in history.  

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