Historical Events In May - 01

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 May - 01.   

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  On this day in history france & Austria sign alliance   

1757  On May - 01 austria &France divide Prussia   

1757  Austria & France divide Prussia on May - 01.   

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.   

1759  Measles in North America on this day in history.   

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

1763  Smallpox in North America, present-day Pittsburgh area on this day in history.   

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

1769  The birth of Arthur Wellesley, The Duke of Wellington on May - 01.   

1769  Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, British PM (C) (1828-30) on this day in history.   

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  Russian plague of 1770-1772 in Russia killing 50,000 people on this day in history.   

1770  On May - 01 smallpox in Pacific Northwest natives   

1771  On this day in history george Guest, composer   

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

1772  Measles in North America on May - 01.   

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

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

1775  Influenza in England on May - 01.   

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

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  Dengue fever in Spain on May - 01.   

1780  On this day in history north American smallpox epidemic in Plains Indians   

1781  On this day in history emperor Jozef II decrees protection of population   

1785  On May - 01 kamehameha, the king of HawaiÊ»i defeats Kalanikupule and establishes the Kingdom of HawaiÊ»i.   

1786  On this day in history mozart's opera "Marriage of Figaro" premieres in Wien (Vienna)   

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1218  John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257) was born on May - 01.   

1218  Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291) was born on May - 01.   

1238  On May - 01 birth of magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80)   

1285  On this day in history birth of edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326)   

1493  Phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10) was born on May - 01.   

1545  On May - 01 birth of franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist   

1567  Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter was born on May - 01.   

1577  Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer was born on May - 01.   

0408  Death of Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338) on this day in history.   

1118  On May - 01 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 this day in history stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies   

1308  On this day in history death of albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered   

1447  Louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies on this day in history.   

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