Historical Events In May - 01

1743  On this day in history plague in Italy   

1747  Measles in Thirteen Colonies on this day in history.   

1751  On this day in history 1st American cricket match is played   

1753  On this day in history publication of Species Plantarum by Linnaeus, and the formal start date of plant taxonomy adopted by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.   

1755  Smallpox in North America on May - 01.   

1756  France & Austria sign alliance on this day in history.   

1757  Austria &France divide Prussia on this day in history.   

1757  Austria & France divide Prussia on this day in history.   

1759  On this day in history british fleet occupies Guadeloupe, West-Indies, on France   

1759  On May - 01 jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US predictor   

1759  On May - 01 measles in North America   

1761  On May - 01 influenza in North America, West Indies   

1763  On May - 01 smallpox in North America, present-day Pittsburgh area.   

1764  On this day in history benjamin Henry Latrobe, engineer/architect (built Capitol)   

1769  The birth of Arthur Wellesley, The Duke of Wellington on this day in history.   

1769  On this day in history arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, British PM (C) (1828-30)   

1770  Forby Sutherland is laid to rest at Botany Bay. He is the first European to be buried in New South Wales on May - 01.   

1770  Russian plague of 1770-1772 in Russia killing 50,000 people on this day in history.   

1770  Smallpox in Pacific Northwest natives on May - 01.   

1771  On this day in history george Guest, composer   

1772  Gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52 on May - 01.   

1772  On this day in history measles in North America   

1772  On this day in history persian Plague in Persia killing 2 million+ people   

1775  On May - 01 jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn, composer   

1775  Influenza in England on May - 01.   

1776  On this day in history adam Weishaupt founds the secret society of Illuminati   

1776  On this day in history adam Weishaupt founds secret society of Illuminati   

1777  On this day in history rB Sheridans "School for Scandal," premieres in London   

1778  On May - 01 american Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.   

1778  On May - 01 dengue fever in Spain   

1780  On this day in history north American smallpox epidemic in Plains Indians   

1781  Emperor Jozef II decrees protection of population on this day in history.   

1785  On May - 01 kamehameha, the king of HawaiÊ»i defeats Kalanikupule and establishes the Kingdom of HawaiÊ»i.   

1786  Mozart's opera "Marriage of Figaro" premieres in Wien (Vienna) on May - 01.   

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1218  On May - 01 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  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 May - 01.   

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

1567  On this day in history birth of michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter   

1577  On May - 01 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1277  Stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies on this day in history.   

1308  Death of Albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered on May - 01.   

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