Page 4: Historical Events In May - 01

1786  On this day in history wolfgang Mozart premieres his opera, The Marriage of Figaro, in Vienna   

1788  Smallpox in Pueblo Indians on May - 01.   

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

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 May - 01 william Steele, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885   

1822  On May - 01 john Phillips becomes first mayor of Boston   

1822  On May - 01 john Phillips becomes 1st mayor of Boston   

1825  George Inness, US landscape painter (Delaware Water Gap) on this day in history.   

1829  Jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice on May - 01.   

1830  On May - 01 mother (Mary Harris) Jones, US reformer and labor organizer   

1831  Antonius van Alphen, apostle vicar of De Bosch, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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

1834  On May - 01 belgian parliament accept railway laws   

1835  On May - 01 alfred Napoleon Alexander "Natti" Duffie, Brig Gen (Union volunteers)   

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

1841  On this day in history the first emigrant wagon train leaves Independence MO for California   

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

1844  On this day in history samuel Morse sends first telegraphic message   

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

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

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

1850  On this day in history john Geary becomes first San Fransisco mayor   

1850  On May - 01 john Geary becomes 1st SF mayor   

1851  Great Exhibition opens in London's Hyde Park, at Crystal Palace on May - 01.   

1851  Great Exhibition opens in Chrystal Palace London on May - 01.   

1852  On May - 01 the Philippine peso is introduced into circulation.   

1852  Calamity [Martha] Jane [Burke], frontier adventurer/indian fighter 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  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  On this day in history birth of phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10)   

1545  Franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist was born on May - 01.   

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

1577  On this day in history birth of francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer   

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

1118  On May - 01 death of edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080)   

1171  Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies on May - 01.   

1240  Death of Jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals on this day in history.   

1277  On May - 01 stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies   

1308  On May - 01 death of albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered   

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

1456  Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies on May - 01.