Historical Events In May - 01

1853  Argentina adopts it's constitution on this day in history.  

1854  On May - 01 amsterdam begins transferring drinking water out of the dunes  

1857  William Walker, conqueror of Nicaragua, surrenders to US Navy on this day in history.  

1858  On May - 01 anthony Johnson Showalter, composer  

1859  On this day in history bohuslav Jeremias, composer  

1861  Lee orders Confederate troops under T J Jackson to Harper's Ferry on this day in history.  

1862  Union captain David Farragut conquers New Orleans on May - 01.  

1863  Battle of Chancellorsville VA (29,000 injured or died) on May - 01.  

1863  On May - 01 battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi  

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

1863  Confederate congress passed resolution to kill black soldiers on this day in history.  

1863  On May - 01 battle of Chancellorsville, VA (29,000 injured or died)  

1863  On May - 01 edward Dorr Tracy, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 29  

1864  Atlanta campaign, Georgia on May - 01.  

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

1864  Wilderness campaign on this day in history.  

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  Howard University chartered on this day in history.  

1869  On this day in history "Folies-Bergère" opens in Paris France  

1869  A colt is reported killed by a meteorite near New Concord OH on this day in history.  

1869  On May - 01 folies Bergere opens in Paris  

1870  On May - 01 francisco Solano Lopez, fieldmarshal/president of Paraguay  

1872  Amalia, princess of Weimar/wife of prince Hendrik the Navigator, dies on this day in history.  

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  1st US postal card issued on this day in history.  

1873  David Livingstone, British physician/explorer (Africa), dies at 60 on May - 01.  

1874  Vilem Blodek, composer, dies at 39 on May - 01.  

1875  On this day in history 238 members of "Whiskey Ring" accused of anti-US activities  

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.  

1883  "Buffalo Bill" Cody put on his first Wild West Show on this day in history.  

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

1218  Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291) was born on May - 01.  

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

1285  On this day in history birth of edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326)  

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

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  Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer was born on this day in history.  

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  Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies on this day in history.  

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 May - 01.  

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 this day in history.