Historical Events In May - 01

1743  On May - 01 plague in Italy   

1747  On May - 01 measles in Thirteen Colonies   

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

1753  On May - 01 publication of Species Plantarum by Linnaeus, and the formal start date of plant taxonomy adopted by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.   

1755  Smallpox in North America on May - 01.   

1756  France & Austria sign alliance on May - 01.   

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

1757  On May - 01 austria & France divide Prussia   

1759  On May - 01 british fleet occupies Guadeloupe, West-Indies, on France   

1759  Jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US predictor on May - 01.   

1759  Measles in North America on this day in history.   

1761  On May - 01 influenza in North America, West Indies   

1763  On this day in history smallpox in North America, present-day Pittsburgh area.   

1764  Benjamin Henry Latrobe, engineer/architect (built Capitol) on this day in history.   

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

1769  On May - 01 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 this day in history.   

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

1770  On this day in history smallpox in Pacific Northwest natives   

1771  George Guest, composer on May - 01.   

1772  Gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1772  On May - 01 measles in North America   

1772  Persian Plague in Persia killing 2 million+ people on this day in history.   

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

1775  On this day in history influenza in England   

1776  On May - 01 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 this day in history dengue fever in Spain   

1780  On May - 01 north American smallpox epidemic in Plains Indians   

1781  Emperor Jozef II decrees protection of population on this day in history.   

1785  On May - 01 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  John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1545  Franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist was born on this day in history.   

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

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

0408  Death of Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338) on May - 01.   

1118  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals   

1277  Stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies on May - 01.   

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 this day in history.