Page 3: Historical Events In May - 01

1743  On May - 01 plague in Italy   

1747  Measles in Thirteen Colonies on May - 01.   

1751  1st American cricket match is played on May - 01.   

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

1755  On this day in history smallpox in North America   

1756  On this day in history france & Austria sign alliance   

1757  Austria &France divide Prussia on May - 01.   

1757  Austria & France divide Prussia on May - 01.   

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  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 May - 01 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 May - 01.   

1770  On May - 01 smallpox in Pacific Northwest natives   

1771  George Guest, composer on May - 01.   

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 May - 01.   

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

1775  On May - 01 influenza in England   

1776  On this day in history 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  American Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania on this day in history.   

1778  On May - 01 dengue fever in Spain   

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

1781  Emperor Jozef II decrees protection of population on May - 01.   

1785  Kamehameha, the king of HawaiÊ»i defeats Kalanikupule and establishes the Kingdom of HawaiÊ»i on this day in history.   

1786  Mozart's opera "Marriage of Figaro" premieres in Wien (Vienna) on May - 01.   

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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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  On May - 01 death of arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338)   

1118  On this day in history death of edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080)   

1171  On May - 01 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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