Historical Events In May - 01

1743  On May - 01 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  Publication of Species Plantarum by Linnaeus, and the formal start date of plant taxonomy adopted by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature on this day in history.  

1755  On May - 01 smallpox in North America  

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

1757  On this day in history austria &France divide Prussia  

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  Jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US predictor on May - 01.  

1759  On May - 01 measles in North America  

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

1763  Smallpox in North America, present-day Pittsburgh area on May - 01.  

1764  On May - 01 benjamin Henry Latrobe, engineer/architect (built Capitol)  

1769  The birth of Arthur Wellesley, The Duke of Wellington on May - 01.  

1769  Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, British PM (C) (1828-30) on May - 01.  

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 May - 01.  

1771  George Guest, composer on May - 01.  

1772  Gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

1772  On this day in history measles in North America  

1772  Persian Plague in Persia killing 2 million+ people on May - 01.  

1775  Jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn, composer on this day in history.  

1775  Influenza in England on May - 01.  

1776  Adam Weishaupt founds the secret society of Illuminati on this day in history.  

1776  Adam Weishaupt founds secret society of Illuminati on May - 01.  

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  Dengue fever in Spain on May - 01.  

1780  On May - 01 north American smallpox epidemic in Plains Indians  

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

1785  On this day in history kamehameha, the king of Hawaiʻi defeats Kalanikupule and establishes the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi.  

1786  Mozart's opera "Marriage of Figaro" premieres in Wien (Vienna) on this day in history.  

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

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

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  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  On this day in history death of arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338)  

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  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  On May - 01 hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies