Historical Events In May - 01

1743  On this day in history 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  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  Smallpox in North America on May - 01.  

1756  France & Austria sign alliance on this day in history.  

1757  On May - 01 austria &France divide Prussia  

1757  On May - 01 austria & France divide Prussia  

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.  

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1759  Measles in North America on May - 01.  

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

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

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

1769  The birth of Arthur Wellesley, The Duke of Wellington on this day in history.  

1769  Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, British PM (C) (1828-30) on May - 01.  

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  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 May - 01 george Guest, composer  

1772  Gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

1772  Measles in North America on this day in history.  

1772  Persian Plague in Persia killing 2 million+ people on this day in history.  

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

1775  On this day in history influenza in England  

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

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

1777  RB Sheridans "School for Scandal," premieres in London on this day in history.  

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

1778  On this day in history dengue fever in Spain  

1780  On May - 01 north American smallpox epidemic in Plains Indians  

1781  On May - 01 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  Mozart's opera "Marriage of Figaro" premieres in Wien (Vienna) on this day in history.  

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1218  On this day in history birth of john I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257)  

1218  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326)  

1493  On this day in history birth of phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10)  

1545  Franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist was born on this day in history.  

1567  On May - 01 birth of michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter  

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  Death of Edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080) on May - 01.  

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  Stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies on this day in history.  

1308  Death of Albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered on this day in history.  

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.