Page 5: Historical Events In May - 01

1853  Argentina adopts it's constitution on this day in history.   

1854  Amsterdam begins transferring drinking water out of the dunes on this day in history.   

1857  On this day in history william Walker, conqueror of Nicaragua, surrenders to US Navy   

1858  On May - 01 anthony Johnson Showalter, composer   

1859  Bohuslav Jeremias, composer on May - 01.   

1861  On May - 01 lee orders Confederate troops under T J Jackson to Harper's Ferry   

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

1863  Battle of Chancellorsville VA (29,000 injured or died) on this day in history.   

1863  On May - 01 battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi   

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

1863  On May - 01 confederate congress passed resolution to kill black soldiers   

1863  Battle of Chancellorsville, VA (29,000 injured or died) on May - 01.   

1863  On this day in history edward Dorr Tracy, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 29   

1864  On May - 01 atlanta campaign, Georgia   

1864  Battle at Alexandria LA (Red River Campaign) on this day in history.   

1864  Wilderness campaign on this day in history.   

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

1866  On May - 01 american Equal Rights Association forms   

1867  Reconstruction of South begins, black voter registration on May - 01.   

1867  Howard University chartered on May - 01.   

1869  On this day in history "Folies-Bergère" opens in Paris France   

1869  On this day in history 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 May - 01.   

1872  On this day in history amalia, princess of Weimar/wife of prince Hendrik the Navigator, dies   

1873  On this day in history emperor Franz Jozef opens 5th World's Fair in Wien (Vienna)   

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

1873  On this day in history 1st US postal card issued   

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  On May - 01 238 members of "Whiskey Ring" accused of anti-US activities   

1880  Conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Tantum dic verbo) on May - 01.   

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

1218  On this day in history birth of rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291)   

1238  On this day in history birth of magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80)   

1285  Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.   

1493  On this day in history birth of phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10)   

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 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  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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.