Historical Events In May - 01

1852  On this day in history calamity [Martha] Jane [Burke], frontier adventurer/indian fighter  

1853  On May - 01 argentina adopts it's constitution  

1854  On this day in history amsterdam begins transferring drinking water out of the dunes  

1857  On this day in history william Walker, conqueror of Nicaragua, surrenders to US Navy  

1858  On May - 01 anthony Johnson Showalter, composer  

1859  On May - 01 bohuslav Jeremias, composer  

1861  Lee orders Confederate troops under T J Jackson to Harper's Ferry on May - 01.  

1862  On this day in history union captain David Farragut conquers New Orleans  

1863  On this day in history battle of Chancellorsville VA (29,000 injured or died)  

1863  Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi on May - 01.  

1863  Confederate "National Flag" replaces "Stars &Bars" on May - 01.  

1863  On this day in history confederate congress passed resolution to kill black soldiers  

1863  On this day in history battle of Chancellorsville, VA (29,000 injured or died)  

1863  Edward Dorr Tracy, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 29 on this day in history.  

1864  On May - 01 atlanta campaign, Georgia  

1864  On May - 01 battle at Alexandria LA (Red River Campaign)  

1864  Wilderness campaign on May - 01.  

1864  On May - 01 -8] Battle at Alexandria, Louisiana (Red River Campaign)  

1866  On this day in history american Equal Rights Association forms  

1867  Reconstruction of South begins, black voter registration on May - 01.  

1867  On this day in history howard University chartered  

1869  "Folies-Bergère" opens in Paris France on May - 01.  

1869  A colt is reported killed by a meteorite near New Concord OH on May - 01.  

1869  Folies Bergere opens in Paris on May - 01.  

1870  Francisco Solano Lopez, fieldmarshal/president of Paraguay on this day in history.  

1872  On May - 01 amalia, princess of Weimar/wife of prince Hendrik the Navigator, dies  

1873  Emperor Franz Jozef opens 5th World's Fair in Wien (Vienna) on May - 01.  

1873  The first US postal card issued on this day in history.  

1873  On this day in history 1st US postal card issued  

1873  On May - 01 david Livingstone, British physician/explorer (Africa), dies at 60  

1874  On this day in history vilem Blodek, composer, dies at 39  

1875  238 members of "Whiskey Ring" accused of anti-US activities on May - 01.  

1880  On this day in history conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Tantum dic verbo)  

1881  Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, France, philosopher/paleontologist on May - 01.  

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

1218  On May - 01 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  Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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 May - 01 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  On this day in history death of jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals  

1277  On this day in history stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies  

1308  On May - 01 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  Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies on this day in history.