Page 4: Historical Events In May - 01
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
1786 Wolfgang Mozart premieres his opera, The Marriage of Figaro, in Vienna on May - 01.
1788 On May - 01 smallpox in Pueblo Indians
1788 On this day in history measles in United States
1789 On this day in history smallpox in New South Wales, Australia
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 this day in history ret Thomas Aloysius Dornin, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1874
1807 John Bankhead "Prince John" Magruder, Major General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.
1818 On this day in history jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet
1819 William Steele, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885 on this day in history.
1822 John Phillips becomes first mayor of Boston on May - 01.
1822 John Phillips becomes 1st mayor of Boston on this day in history.
1825 George Inness, US landscape painter (Delaware Water Gap) on May - 01.
1829 Jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice on this day in history.
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 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 May - 01.
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 this day in history.
1841 The first emigrant wagon train leaves Independence MO for California on this day in history.
1841 On this day in history 1st emigrant wagon train leaves Independence, Missouri for Calif
1844 On May - 01 samuel Morse sends first telegraphic message
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 this day in history john Geary becomes first San Fransisco mayor
1850 On May - 01 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 May - 01 calamity [Martha] Jane [Burke], frontier adventurer/indian fighter
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