Page 5: Historical Events In May - 01

1853  On May - 01 argentina adopts it's constitution   

1854  On this day in history 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 May - 01.   

1859  On this day in history bohuslav Jeremias, composer   

1861  Lee orders Confederate troops under T J Jackson to Harper's Ferry on May - 01.   

1862  On this day in history union captain David Farragut conquers New Orleans   

1863  On this day in history battle of Chancellorsville VA (29,000 injured or died)   

1863  On May - 01 battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi   

1863  Confederate "National Flag" replaces "Stars &Bars" on May - 01.   

1863  On this day in history confederate congress passed resolution to kill black soldiers   

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 May - 01.   

1864  On this day in history atlanta campaign, Georgia   

1864  Battle at Alexandria LA (Red River Campaign) on May - 01.   

1864  Wilderness campaign on this day in history.   

1864  -8] Battle at Alexandria, Louisiana (Red River Campaign) on May - 01.   

1866  American Equal Rights Association forms on this day in history.   

1867  On this day in history reconstruction of South begins, black voter registration   

1867  Howard University chartered on this day in history.   

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

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

1869  On May - 01 folies Bergere opens in Paris   

1870  Francisco Solano Lopez, fieldmarshal/president of Paraguay on this day in history.   

1872  Amalia, princess of Weimar/wife of prince Hendrik the Navigator, dies on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history david Livingstone, British physician/explorer (Africa), dies at 60   

1874  On May - 01 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 May - 01 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  On May - 01 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  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 this day in history.   

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  Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter was born on this day in history.   

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

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  On May - 01 death of jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals   

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 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