Historical Events In May - 01

1743  On May - 01 plague in Italy  

1747  On this day in history measles in Thirteen Colonies  

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

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 May - 01.  

1757  Austria &France divide Prussia on May - 01.  

1757  Austria & France divide Prussia on May - 01.  

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

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

1759  Measles in North America on May - 01.  

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

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

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

1769  On May - 01 the birth of Arthur Wellesley, The Duke of Wellington  

1769  Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, British PM (C) (1828-30) on this day in history.  

1770  On this day in history forby Sutherland is laid to rest at Botany Bay. He is the first European to be buried in New South Wales.  

1770  On May - 01 russian plague of 1770-1772 in Russia killing 50,000 people  

1770  On May - 01 smallpox in Pacific Northwest natives  

1771  On this day in history george Guest, composer  

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

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  On this day in history influenza in England  

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

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

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1218  On May - 01 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  Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.  

1493  On this day in history 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  Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer was born on May - 01.  

0408  Death of Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338) on this day in history.  

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 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  Stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies on May - 01.  

1308  On May - 01 death of albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered  

1447  On this day in history louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies  

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