Page 4: Historical Events In May - 01

1786  On May - 01 wolfgang Mozart premieres his opera, The Marriage of Figaro, in Vienna   

1788  Smallpox in Pueblo Indians on this day in history.   

1788  Measles in United States on this day in history.   

1789  Smallpox in New South Wales, Australia on this day in history.   

1793  Influenza and epidemic typhus in United States on this day in history.   

1793  On this day in history yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793, resurgences in United States   

1800  On this day in history ret Thomas Aloysius Dornin, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1874   

1807  John Bankhead "Prince John" Magruder, Major General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.   

1818  On this day in history jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet   

1819  On this day in history william Steele, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885   

1822  On this day in history john Phillips becomes first mayor of Boston   

1822  John Phillips becomes 1st mayor of Boston on May - 01.   

1825  On May - 01 george Inness, US landscape painter (Delaware Water Gap)   

1829  On May - 01 jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice   

1830  Mother (Mary Harris) Jones, US reformer and labor organizer on this day in history.   

1831  Antonius van Alphen, apostle vicar of De Bosch, dies at 82 on May - 01.   

1833  On May - 01 the passenger ship Lady of the Lake sinks after striking an iceberg   

1834  Belgian parliament accept railway laws on May - 01.   

1835  Alfred Napoleon Alexander "Natti" Duffie, Brig Gen (Union volunteers) on May - 01.   

1839  On this day in history chardonnet, inventor (rayon)   

1840  On this day in history the first adhesive postage stamps ("Penny Blacks" from England) issued   

1840  On May - 01 1st adhesive postage stamps ("Penny Blacks" from England) issued   

1841  The first emigrant wagon train leaves Independence MO for California on May - 01.   

1841  1st emigrant wagon train leaves Independence, Missouri for Calif on this day in history.   

1844  Samuel Morse sends first telegraphic message on May - 01.   

1844  Whig convention nominates Henry Clay as presidential candidate on May - 01.   

1846  On this day in history ida Pfeiffer (48) begins trip around world   

1848  On this day in history the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta is founded at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.   

1850  On May - 01 john Geary becomes first San Fransisco mayor   

1850  On this day in history john Geary becomes 1st SF mayor   

1851  Great Exhibition opens in London's Hyde Park, at Crystal Palace on this day in history.   

1851  On May - 01 great Exhibition opens in Chrystal Palace London   

1852  The Philippine peso is introduced into circulation on this day in history.   

1852  On May - 01 calamity [Martha] Jane [Burke], frontier adventurer/indian fighter   

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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 May - 01.   

1238  Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80) was born on this day in history.   

1285  Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326) was born on May - 01.   

1493  On May - 01 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  Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter was born on May - 01.   

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

0408  Death of Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338) on May - 01.   

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

1171  On this day in history dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies   

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 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.