Page 2: Historical Events In May - 01

1625  On this day in history prince Frederik Henry appointed viceroy of Holland   

1625  Portuguese & Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador (Bahia) on this day in history.   

1628  On May - 01 meiboom in Quincy MA degenerates into orgy with Indian women   

1672  Joseph Addison, England, essayist (Spectator) on May - 01.   

1679  On May - 01 esaias Reusner, composer, dies at 43   

1682  On this day in history louis XIV &his court inaugurate Paris Observatory   

1682  On this day in history louis XIV & his court inaugurates Paris Observatory   

1700  John Dryden, English poet/playwright (Rival Ladies), dies on this day in history.   

1702  On this day in history smallpox in Canada, New France   

1703  Battle at Rultusk Swedish army beats Russians on this day in history.   

1703  Battle at Rultusk: Swedish army beats Russians on May - 01.   

1703  On May - 01 kiva Yoshinaka, Japanese monarch, murdered   

1704  On May - 01 boston Newsletter publishes first newspaper ad   

1704  Boston Newsletter publishes 1st newspaper ad on May - 01.   

1707  On May - 01 england, Wales &Scotland form UK of Great Britain   

1707  England, Wales & Scotland form UK of Great Britain on May - 01.   

1707  On this day in history great Smallpox Epidemic in Iceland killing 18,000+ (36% of population) people   

1710  On this day in history great Northern War plague outbreak in Denmark, Sweden, Lithuania   

1711  On this day in history arch duke Karel of Austria/Hungarian rebellion sign Peace of Szatmar   

1713  On this day in history measles in Thirteen Colonies   

1714  On this day in history measles in Canada, New France   

1715  On May - 01 prussia declares war on Sweden   

1720  Great Plague of Marseille in France killing 100,000+ people on May - 01.   

1721  On May - 01 boston smallpox outbreak in Massachusetts Bay Colony killing 844 people   

1725  Spain &Austria sign trade treaty on May - 01.   

1725  Spain & Austria sign trade treaty on this day in history.   

1729  Measles in Thirteen Colonies on this day in history.   

1730  Yellow fever in Spain on May - 01.   

1732  On this day in history influenza in Thirteen Colonies   

1733  Smallpox in Canada, New France on May - 01.   

1735  On May - 01 john H van Kinsbergen, Dutch lt-admiral/founder of Dutch Marines Corp   

1738  On this day in history great Plague of 1738 in Balkans killing 50,000 people   

1738  On May - 01 smallpox in Thirteen Colonies   

1739  Measles in Thirteen Colonies on this day in history.   

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

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

1238  On this day in history 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 May - 01 birth of phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10)   

1545  On this day in history birth of franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist   

1567  On this day in history birth of michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter   

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

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

1456  Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies on May - 01.