Historical Events In May - 01

1743  On this day in history plague in Italy  

1747  Measles in Thirteen Colonies on May - 01.  

1751  1st American cricket match is played on this day in history.  

1753  On May - 01 publication of Species Plantarum by Linnaeus, and the formal start date of plant taxonomy adopted by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.  

1755  On May - 01 smallpox in North America  

1756  France & Austria sign alliance on May - 01.  

1757  On May - 01 austria &France divide Prussia  

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

1759  Measles in North America on May - 01.  

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

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

1764  Benjamin Henry Latrobe, engineer/architect (built Capitol) on this day in history.  

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

1769  On this day in history arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, British PM (C) (1828-30)  

1770  On May - 01 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  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 May - 01.  

1775  Jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn, composer on May - 01.  

1775  Influenza in England on this day in history.  

1776  Adam Weishaupt founds the secret society of Illuminati on this day in history.  

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

1777  On May - 01 rB Sheridans "School for Scandal," premieres in London  

1778  On May - 01 american Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.  

1778  On May - 01 dengue fever in Spain  

1780  North American smallpox epidemic in Plains Indians on May - 01.  

1781  On May - 01 emperor Jozef II decrees protection of population  

1785  Kamehameha, the king of Hawaiʻi defeats Kalanikupule and establishes the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi on this day in history.  

1786  Mozart's opera "Marriage of Figaro" premieres in Wien (Vienna) on this day in history.  

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1218  John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257) was born on this day in history.  

1218  On May - 01 birth of rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291)  

1238  Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80) was born on May - 01.  

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 May - 01.  

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  On May - 01 birth of francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer  

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

1118  On May - 01 death of edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080)  

1171  On May - 01 dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies  

1240  Death of Jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1456  Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies on this day in history.