Page 3: Historical Events In May - 01

1743  Plague in Italy on this day in history.   

1747  On May - 01 measles in Thirteen Colonies   

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

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  On this day in history smallpox in North America   

1756  On May - 01 france & Austria sign alliance   

1757  On this day in history austria &France divide Prussia   

1757  On this day in history austria & France divide Prussia   

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

1759  Jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US predictor on this day in history.   

1759  Measles in North America on May - 01.   

1761  On this day in history 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 May - 01.   

1769  On this day in history the birth of Arthur Wellesley, The Duke of Wellington   

1769  Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, British PM (C) (1828-30) on this day in history.   

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  Russian plague of 1770-1772 in Russia killing 50,000 people on May - 01.   

1770  On this day in history smallpox in Pacific Northwest natives   

1771  On this day in history george Guest, composer   

1772  On May - 01 gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52   

1772  Measles in North America on May - 01.   

1772  On May - 01 persian Plague in Persia killing 2 million+ people   

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

1775  Influenza in England on this day in history.   

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

1778  Dengue fever in Spain on this day in history.   

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  Kamehameha, the king of HawaiÊ»i defeats Kalanikupule and establishes the Kingdom of HawaiÊ»i on May - 01.   

1786  On this day in history 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 May - 01.   

1238  On May - 01 birth of magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80)   

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

1493  Phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10) was born on May - 01.   

1545  On May - 01 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  On May - 01 birth of francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer   

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  Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies on this day in history.   

1240  On May - 01 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 this day in history.   

1308  Death of Albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered on this day in history.   

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.