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

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  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  On May - 01 jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet  

1819  On this day in history william Steele, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885  

1822  On May - 01 john Phillips becomes first mayor of Boston  

1822  John Phillips becomes 1st mayor of Boston on May - 01.  

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  Antonius van Alphen, apostle vicar of De Bosch, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

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

1834  Belgian parliament accept railway laws on May - 01.  

1835  Alfred Napoleon Alexander "Natti" Duffie, Brig Gen (Union volunteers) on May - 01.  

1839  Chardonnet, inventor (rayon) on May - 01.  

1840  On May - 01 the first adhesive postage stamps ("Penny Blacks" from England) issued  

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 this day in history.  

1844  On May - 01 samuel Morse sends first telegraphic message  

1844  On May - 01 whig convention nominates Henry Clay as presidential candidate  

1846  On May - 01 ida Pfeiffer (48) begins trip around world  

1848  The Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta is founded at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania on May - 01.  

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

1850  On this day in history john Geary becomes 1st SF mayor  

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

1851  Great Exhibition opens in Chrystal Palace London on May - 01.  

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  On this day in history birth of john I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257)  

1218  On this day in history birth of rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291)  

1238  On May - 01 birth of magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80)  

1285  On May - 01 birth of edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326)  

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  Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter was born on May - 01.  

1577  On May - 01 birth of francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer  

0408  On May - 01 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 this day in history 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 May - 01.  

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  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