Page 5: Historical Events In May - 01

1853  Argentina adopts it's constitution on May - 01.   

1854  Amsterdam begins transferring drinking water out of the dunes on May - 01.   

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 this day in history bohuslav Jeremias, composer   

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

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

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

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

1863  On this day in history confederate "National Flag" replaces "Stars &Bars"   

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

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

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

1864  Atlanta campaign, Georgia on May - 01.   

1864  Battle at Alexandria LA (Red River Campaign) on this day in history.   

1864  Wilderness campaign on May - 01.   

1864  On this day in history -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 May - 01 howard University chartered   

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

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

1869  On this day in history folies Bergere opens in Paris   

1870  Francisco Solano Lopez, fieldmarshal/president of Paraguay on May - 01.   

1872  On this day in history 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  On May - 01 the first US postal card issued   

1873  On May - 01 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  On this day in history 238 members of "Whiskey Ring" accused of anti-US activities   

1880  Conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Tantum dic verbo) on this day in history.   

1881  Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, France, philosopher/paleontologist on this day in history.   

1883  On May - 01 "Buffalo Bill" Cody put on his first Wild West Show   

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1218  John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257) was born on May - 01.   

1218  Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291) was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 01.   

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 May - 01 birth of michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter   

1577  Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer was born on May - 01.   

0408  Death of Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338) on this day in history.   

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 May - 01.   

1240  Death of Jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals on May - 01.   

1277  On May - 01 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  On this day in history louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies   

1456  On May - 01 hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies