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  On May - 01 smallpox in North America   

1756  France & Austria sign alliance on May - 01.   

1757  On this day in history austria &France divide Prussia   

1757  Austria & France divide Prussia on May - 01.   

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

1759  Jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US predictor on this day in history.   

1759  Measles in North America on May - 01.   

1761  Influenza in North America, West Indies on this day in history.   

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

1764  On this day in history benjamin Henry Latrobe, engineer/architect (built Capitol)   

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

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  On this day in history smallpox in Pacific Northwest natives   

1771  George Guest, composer on this day in history.   

1772  On this day in history gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52   

1772  On May - 01 measles in North America   

1772  On this day in history persian Plague in Persia killing 2 million+ people   

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

1775  Influenza in England on May - 01.   

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

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

1777  RB Sheridans "School for Scandal," premieres in London on May - 01.   

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

1778  Dengue fever in Spain on this day in history.   

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

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

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1218  On May - 01 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  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  Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter was born on May - 01.   

1577  On this day in history birth of francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer   

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

1118  Death of Edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080) on this day in history.   

1171  On this day in history 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 May - 01.   

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

1456  On this day in history hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies