Page 3: Historical Events In May - 01

1743  On May - 01 plague in Italy   

1747  Measles in Thirteen Colonies on this day in history.   

1751  On May - 01 1st American cricket match is played   

1753  Publication of Species Plantarum by Linnaeus, and the formal start date of plant taxonomy adopted by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature on this day in history.   

1755  Smallpox in North America on this day in history.   

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

1757  On this day in history austria &France divide Prussia   

1757  On this day in history austria & France divide Prussia   

1759  On this day in history british fleet occupies Guadeloupe, West-Indies, on France   

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

1759  On this day in history measles in North America   

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  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  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 May - 01 russian plague of 1770-1772 in Russia killing 50,000 people   

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

1775  Jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn, composer on this day in history.   

1775  On this day in history influenza in England   

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

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

1777  On this day in history rB Sheridans "School for Scandal," premieres in London   

1778  American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania on this day in history.   

1778  Dengue fever in Spain on May - 01.   

1780  North American smallpox epidemic in Plains Indians on May - 01.   

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 May - 01.   

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

1218  Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1567  Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter was born on this day in history.   

1577  Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies   

1240  On May - 01 death of jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals   

1277  On May - 01 stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies   

1308  On May - 01 death of albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered   

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.