Page 3: Historical Events In May - 01

1743  On this day in history plague in Italy   

1747  Measles in Thirteen Colonies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1756  On May - 01 france & Austria sign alliance   

1757  Austria &France divide Prussia on May - 01.   

1757  On this day in history austria & France divide Prussia   

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

1759  On May - 01 jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US predictor   

1759  On this day in history measles in North America   

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

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

1764  On May - 01 benjamin Henry Latrobe, engineer/architect (built Capitol)   

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

1769  On May - 01 arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, British PM (C) (1828-30)   

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

1770  Smallpox in Pacific Northwest natives on this day in history.   

1771  On May - 01 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  Persian Plague in Persia killing 2 million+ people on this day in history.   

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

1775  On this day in history influenza in England   

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

1776  On May - 01 adam Weishaupt founds secret society of Illuminati   

1777  On May - 01 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  Dengue fever in Spain on this day in history.   

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

1781  Emperor Jozef II decrees protection of population on May - 01.   

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  Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291) was born on May - 01.   

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  Franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist was born on this day in history.   

1567  On this day in history birth of michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter   

1577  Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer was born on this day in history.   

0408  On May - 01 death of arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338)   

1118  On this day in history 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 May - 01.   

1240  Death of Jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals on May - 01.   

1277  On May - 01 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 this day in history louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies   

1456  On May - 01 hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies