Page 3: Historical Events In May - 01

1743  On this day in history plague in Italy   

1747  On this day in history measles in Thirteen Colonies   

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

1759  On May - 01 measles in North America   

1761  Influenza in North America, West Indies on May - 01.   

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

1764  Benjamin Henry Latrobe, engineer/architect (built Capitol) on May - 01.   

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

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

1770  On May - 01 smallpox in Pacific Northwest natives   

1771  George Guest, composer on May - 01.   

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

1772  Measles in North America on May - 01.   

1772  On May - 01 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  On May - 01 adam Weishaupt founds the secret society of Illuminati   

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

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

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

1778  On this day in history dengue fever in Spain   

1780  North American smallpox epidemic in Plains Indians on this day in history.   

1781  On May - 01 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  Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1545  On this day in history birth of franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist   

1567  Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter was born on this day in history.   

1577  Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer was born on May - 01.   

0408  On May - 01 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  Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies on this day in history.   

1240  On May - 01 death of jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals   

1277  On this day in history 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 May - 01.   

1447  On May - 01 louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies   

1456  Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies on May - 01.