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  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  Smallpox in North America on May - 01.   

1756  On May - 01 france & Austria sign alliance   

1757  On this day in history austria &France divide Prussia   

1757  On this day in history austria & France divide Prussia   

1759  On May - 01 british fleet occupies Guadeloupe, West-Indies, on France   

1759  On this day in history jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US predictor   

1759  On May - 01 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  Benjamin Henry Latrobe, engineer/architect (built Capitol) on May - 01.   

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 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 this day in history.   

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

1771  George Guest, composer on May - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

1775  Influenza in England on this day in history.   

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

1776  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1285  Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326) was born on May - 01.   

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 May - 01.   

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

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