Page 3: Historical Events In May - 01
Monday, 05 January 2026
1743 Plague in Italy on May - 01. 

1747 Measles in Thirteen Colonies on this day in history. 

1751 On May - 01 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 May - 01. 

1755 On this day in history smallpox in North America 

1756 France & Austria sign alliance on May - 01. 

1757 On this day in history austria &France divide Prussia 

1757 On this day in history austria & France divide Prussia 

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

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

1759 Measles in North America on May - 01. 

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

1763 On May - 01 smallpox in North America, present-day Pittsburgh area. 

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 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 this day in history george Guest, composer 

1772 Gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52 on May - 01. 

1772 On this day in history measles in North America 

1772 On May - 01 persian Plague in Persia killing 2 million+ people 

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

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 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 May - 01. 

1778 Dengue fever in Spain on May - 01. 

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 Hawaiʻi defeats Kalanikupule and establishes the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi on May - 01. 

1786 On May - 01 mozart's opera "Marriage of Figaro" premieres in Wien (Vienna) 

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