Historical Events In May - 01

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

1788  On May - 01 smallpox in Pueblo Indians  

1788  On this day in history measles in United States  

1789  On May - 01 smallpox in New South Wales, Australia  

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

1793  On this day in history yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793, resurgences in United States  

1800  Ret Thomas Aloysius Dornin, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1874 on May - 01.  

1807  On this day in history john Bankhead "Prince John" Magruder, Major General (Confederate Army)  

1818  On this day in history jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet  

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

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1822  John Phillips becomes first mayor of Boston on this day in history.  

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 May - 01.  

1830  On May - 01 mother (Mary Harris) Jones, US reformer and labor organizer  

1831  On May - 01 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  On this day in history belgian parliament accept railway laws  

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

1839  On May - 01 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 May - 01.  

1841  The first emigrant wagon train leaves Independence MO for California on May - 01.  

1841  1st emigrant wagon train leaves Independence, Missouri for Calif on May - 01.  

1844  Samuel Morse sends first telegraphic message on May - 01.  

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

1846  Ida Pfeiffer (48) begins trip around world on May - 01.  

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 this day in history great Exhibition opens in Chrystal Palace London  

1852  The Philippine peso is introduced into circulation on May - 01.  

1852  Calamity [Martha] Jane [Burke], frontier adventurer/indian fighter on May - 01.  

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1218  On May - 01 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  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 this day in history.  

1545  On this day in history 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  On May - 01 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 May - 01 death of jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals  

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

1308  On this day in history death of albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered  

1447  On May - 01 louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies  

1456  Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies on May - 01.