Page 5: 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 this day in history william Walker, conqueror of Nicaragua, surrenders to US Navy   

1858  On May - 01 anthony Johnson Showalter, composer   

1859  Bohuslav Jeremias, composer on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history battle of Chancellorsville VA (29,000 injured or died)   

1863  Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi on this day in history.   

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

1863  Confederate congress passed resolution to kill black soldiers on May - 01.   

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

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 this day in history battle at Alexandria LA (Red River Campaign)   

1864  On this day in history wilderness campaign   

1864  -8] Battle at Alexandria, Louisiana (Red River Campaign) on this day in history.   

1866  On May - 01 american Equal Rights Association forms   

1867  On May - 01 reconstruction of South begins, black voter registration   

1867  Howard University chartered on May - 01.   

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

1869  On May - 01 a colt is reported killed by a meteorite near New Concord OH   

1869  Folies Bergere opens in Paris on May - 01.   

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 this day in history the first US postal card issued   

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

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

1874  Vilem Blodek, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

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 May - 01.   

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

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

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1218  On this day in history birth of john I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257)   

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 this day in history.   

1493  Phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10) was born on May - 01.   

1545  On this day in history birth of franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist   

1567  Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter was born on May - 01.   

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  On this day in history dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies   

1240  On this day in history death of jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals   

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

1308  Death of Albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered on May - 01.   

1447  Louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies on this day in history.   

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