Historical Events In May - 01

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

1854  On this day in history amsterdam begins transferring drinking water out of the dunes   

1857  William Walker, conqueror of Nicaragua, surrenders to US Navy on May - 01.   

1858  On this day in history anthony Johnson Showalter, composer   

1859  On this day in history bohuslav Jeremias, composer   

1861  On this day in history 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 May - 01 battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi   

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

1863  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history howard University chartered   

1869  "Folies-Bergère" opens in Paris France on May - 01.   

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 May - 01 amalia, princess of Weimar/wife of prince Hendrik the Navigator, dies   

1873  Emperor Franz Jozef opens 5th World's Fair in Wien (Vienna) on this day in history.   

1873  The first US postal card issued on this day in history.   

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

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  238 members of "Whiskey Ring" accused of anti-US activities on this day in history.   

1880  On this day in history conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Tantum dic verbo)   

1881  On this day in history pierre Teilhard de Chardin, France, philosopher/paleontologist   

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  Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80) was born on May - 01.   

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 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 this day in history 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 this day in history death of albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered   

1447  Louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies on May - 01.   

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