Historical Events In May - 01

1743  Plague in Italy on May - 01.   

1747  On May - 01 measles in Thirteen Colonies   

1751  1st American cricket match is played on May - 01.   

1753  On May - 01 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  On May - 01 france & Austria sign alliance   

1757  On this day in history austria &France divide Prussia   

1757  On this day in history austria & France divide Prussia   

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

1759  On this day in history jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US predictor   

1759  Measles in North America on this day in history.   

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

1763  Smallpox in North America, present-day Pittsburgh area on this day in history.   

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

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

1769  On May - 01 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 this day in history.   

1770  On this day in history russian plague of 1770-1772 in Russia killing 50,000 people   

1770  Smallpox in Pacific Northwest natives on May - 01.   

1771  On May - 01 george Guest, composer   

1772  On May - 01 gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52   

1772  Measles in North America on this day in history.   

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

1775  Jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn, composer on May - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1778  On May - 01 dengue fever in Spain   

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

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

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

1786  On this day in history mozart's opera "Marriage of Figaro" premieres in Wien (Vienna)   

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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  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  On May - 01 birth of franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist   

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 May - 01.   

1171  Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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