Page 3: Historical Events In May - 01

1743  Plague in Italy on May - 01.   

1747  Measles in Thirteen Colonies on May - 01.   

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

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  On May - 01 smallpox in North America   

1756  France & Austria sign alliance on May - 01.   

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

1757  On May - 01 austria & France divide Prussia   

1759  British fleet occupies Guadeloupe, West-Indies, on France on May - 01.   

1759  Jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US predictor on this day in history.   

1759  On this day in history measles in North America   

1761  Influenza in North America, West Indies on this day in history.   

1763  On this day in history smallpox in North America, present-day Pittsburgh area.   

1764  Benjamin Henry Latrobe, engineer/architect (built Capitol) on this day in history.   

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

1770  Russian plague of 1770-1772 in Russia killing 50,000 people on May - 01.   

1770  Smallpox in Pacific Northwest natives on this day in history.   

1771  On May - 01 george Guest, composer   

1772  On this day in history gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52   

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  Jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn, composer on this day in history.   

1775  On May - 01 influenza in England   

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

1776  On May - 01 adam Weishaupt founds secret society of Illuminati   

1777  RB Sheridans "School for Scandal," premieres in London on May - 01.   

1778  On this day in history american Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.   

1778  On this day in history dengue fever in Spain   

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

1781  On this day in history emperor Jozef II decrees protection of population   

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

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

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1218  John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257) was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 01.   

1285  On May - 01 birth of edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326)   

1493  On May - 01 birth of phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10)   

1545  Franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist was born on this day in history.   

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

1577  Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer was born on this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1447  Louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies on May - 01.   

1456  Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies on this day in history.