Page 2: Historical Events In May - 01

1625  On May - 01 prince Frederik Henry appointed viceroy of Holland   

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

1628  Meiboom in Quincy MA degenerates into orgy with Indian women on this day in history.   

1672  On this day in history joseph Addison, England, essayist (Spectator)   

1679  Esaias Reusner, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1682  Louis XIV &his court inaugurate Paris Observatory on May - 01.   

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

1700  On this day in history john Dryden, English poet/playwright (Rival Ladies), dies   

1702  Smallpox in Canada, New France on May - 01.   

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

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

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

1704  Boston Newsletter publishes first newspaper ad on May - 01.   

1704  On May - 01 boston Newsletter publishes 1st newspaper ad   

1707  England, Wales &Scotland form UK of Great Britain on this day in history.   

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

1707  On May - 01 great Smallpox Epidemic in Iceland killing 18,000+ (36% of population) people   

1710  Great Northern War plague outbreak in Denmark, Sweden, Lithuania on May - 01.   

1711  On May - 01 arch duke Karel of Austria/Hungarian rebellion sign Peace of Szatmar   

1713  On this day in history measles in Thirteen Colonies   

1714  On May - 01 measles in Canada, New France   

1715  On May - 01 prussia declares war on Sweden   

1720  On this day in history great Plague of Marseille in France killing 100,000+ people   

1721  Boston smallpox outbreak in Massachusetts Bay Colony killing 844 people on this day in history.   

1725  On this day in history spain &Austria sign trade treaty   

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

1729  On May - 01 measles in Thirteen Colonies   

1730  Yellow fever in Spain on May - 01.   

1732  On this day in history influenza in Thirteen Colonies   

1733  On May - 01 smallpox in Canada, New France   

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

1738  Great Plague of 1738 in Balkans killing 50,000 people on May - 01.   

1738  Smallpox in Thirteen Colonies on this day in history.   

1739  On May - 01 measles in Thirteen Colonies   

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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 May - 01.   

1285  On May - 01 birth of edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326)   

1493  On this day in history 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  Death of Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 May - 01.   

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