Page 4: 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  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 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 May - 01 john Bankhead "Prince John" Magruder, Major General (Confederate Army)   

1818  Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet on May - 01.   

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

1822  On this day in history john Phillips becomes first mayor of Boston   

1822  On this day in history john Phillips becomes 1st mayor of Boston   

1825  George Inness, US landscape painter (Delaware Water Gap) on May - 01.   

1829  On this day in history jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice   

1830  Mother (Mary Harris) Jones, US reformer and labor organizer on this day in history.   

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 May - 01 belgian parliament accept railway laws   

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

1840  On May - 01 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  Whig convention nominates Henry Clay as presidential candidate on May - 01.   

1846  Ida Pfeiffer (48) begins trip around world on this day in history.   

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

1850  John Geary becomes first San Fransisco mayor on this day in history.   

1850  John Geary becomes 1st SF mayor on this day in history.   

1851  On this day in history great Exhibition opens in London's Hyde Park, at Crystal Palace   

1851  Great Exhibition opens in Chrystal Palace London on this day in history.   

1852  On May - 01 the Philippine peso is introduced into circulation.   

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

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1218  John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257) was born on this day in history.   

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

1238  On this day in history birth of magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80)   

1285  Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326) was born on May - 01.   

1493  On this day in history birth of phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10)   

1545  Franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist was born on this day in history.   

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 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 May - 01 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 May - 01 death of albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered   

1447  On this day in history louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies   

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