Page 3: Historical Events In May - 01
Wednesday, 05 November 2025
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 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 this day in history smallpox in North America 

1756 France & Austria sign alliance on May - 01. 

1757 Austria &France divide Prussia on May - 01. 

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

1759 British fleet occupies Guadeloupe, West-Indies, on France on this day in history. 

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

1759 On May - 01 measles in North America 

1761 On this day in history influenza in North America, West Indies 

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

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

1769 On this day in history the birth of Arthur Wellesley, The Duke of Wellington 

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 May - 01. 

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

1770 On May - 01 smallpox in Pacific Northwest natives 

1771 On May - 01 george Guest, composer 

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

1772 On May - 01 measles in North America 

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

1775 On May - 01 jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn, composer 

1775 Influenza in England on this day in history. 

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

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 Dengue fever in Spain on this day in history. 

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

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