Historical Events In May - 01

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

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

1857  On May - 01 william Walker, conqueror of Nicaragua, surrenders to US Navy  

1858  Anthony Johnson Showalter, composer on this day in history.  

1859  On this day in history bohuslav Jeremias, composer  

1861  On May - 01 lee orders Confederate troops under T J Jackson to Harper's Ferry  

1862  On May - 01 union captain David Farragut conquers New Orleans  

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

1863  On this day in history battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi  

1863  Confederate "National Flag" replaces "Stars &Bars" on this day in history.  

1863  On May - 01 confederate congress passed resolution to kill black soldiers  

1863  Battle of Chancellorsville, VA (29,000 injured or died) on this day in history.  

1863  Edward Dorr Tracy, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 29 on this day in history.  

1864  On May - 01 atlanta campaign, Georgia  

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

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 this day in history.  

1867  On May - 01 howard University chartered  

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 May - 01.  

1869  On May - 01 folies Bergere opens in Paris  

1870  On this day in history francisco Solano Lopez, fieldmarshal/president of Paraguay  

1872  On this day in history amalia, princess of Weimar/wife of prince Hendrik the Navigator, dies  

1873  On May - 01 emperor Franz Jozef opens 5th World's Fair in Wien (Vienna)  

1873  The first US postal card issued on May - 01.  

1873  1st US postal card issued on May - 01.  

1873  David Livingstone, British physician/explorer (Africa), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1874  On May - 01 vilem Blodek, composer, dies at 39  

1875  238 members of "Whiskey Ring" accused of anti-US activities on May - 01.  

1880  On May - 01 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 May - 01.  

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

1218  On May - 01 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 May - 01 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  On May - 01 birth of francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer  

0408  On May - 01 death of arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338)  

1118  Death of Edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080) on May - 01.  

1171  Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies on this day in history.  

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

1277  Stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies on May - 01.  

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

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

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