Historical Events In May - 01

1743  Plague in Italy on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1757  Austria & France divide Prussia on this day in history.   

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  Measles in North America on May - 01.   

1761  Influenza in North America, West Indies on May - 01.   

1763  Smallpox in North America, present-day Pittsburgh area on May - 01.   

1764  Benjamin Henry Latrobe, engineer/architect (built Capitol) on May - 01.   

1769  The birth of Arthur Wellesley, The Duke of Wellington on this day in history.   

1769  Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, British PM (C) (1828-30) on May - 01.   

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  On May - 01 gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52   

1772  On this day in history measles in North America   

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

1775  On May - 01 jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn, composer   

1775  On May - 01 influenza in England   

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

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

1777  RB Sheridans "School for Scandal," premieres in London on this day in history.   

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

1778  On this day in history dengue fever in Spain   

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

1781  On May - 01 emperor Jozef II decrees protection of population   

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

1786  On May - 01 mozart's opera "Marriage of Figaro" premieres in Wien (Vienna)   

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1218  On May - 01 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  Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80) was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 01 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  On May - 01 birth of francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer   

0408  On this day in history 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 May - 01 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 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 May - 01.   

1447  On May - 01 louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies   

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