Page 4: Historical Events In May - 01

1786  Wolfgang Mozart premieres his opera, The Marriage of Figaro, in Vienna on May - 01.   

1788  On this day in history smallpox in Pueblo Indians   

1788  Measles in United States on May - 01.   

1789  Smallpox in New South Wales, Australia on May - 01.   

1793  Influenza and epidemic typhus in United States on May - 01.   

1793  Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793, resurgences in United States on May - 01.   

1800  On May - 01 ret Thomas Aloysius Dornin, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1874   

1807  John Bankhead "Prince John" Magruder, Major General (Confederate Army) on May - 01.   

1818  On May - 01 jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet   

1819  On May - 01 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  Jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice on May - 01.   

1830  Mother (Mary Harris) Jones, US reformer and labor organizer on May - 01.   

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

1833  On this day in history the passenger ship Lady of the Lake sinks after striking an iceberg   

1834  Belgian parliament accept railway laws on this day in history.   

1835  On this day in history alfred Napoleon Alexander "Natti" Duffie, Brig Gen (Union volunteers)   

1839  On May - 01 chardonnet, inventor (rayon)   

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

1840  1st adhesive postage stamps ("Penny Blacks" from England) issued on this day in history.   

1841  On May - 01 the first emigrant wagon train leaves Independence MO for California   

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

1844  On May - 01 samuel Morse sends first telegraphic message   

1844  On this day in history whig convention nominates Henry Clay as presidential candidate   

1846  Ida Pfeiffer (48) begins trip around world on May - 01.   

1848  On May - 01 the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta is founded at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.   

1850  John Geary becomes first San Fransisco mayor on this day in history.   

1850  John Geary becomes 1st SF mayor on this day in history.   

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

1851  Great Exhibition opens in Chrystal Palace London on this day in history.   

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

1852  On this day in history calamity [Martha] Jane [Burke], frontier adventurer/indian fighter   

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

1218  On May - 01 birth of rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291)   

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  Phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10) was born on this day in history.   

1545  On May - 01 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 this day in history 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  Death of Albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered on this day in history.   

1447  On this day in history louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies   

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