Page 3: Historical Events In May - 01

1743  Plague in Italy on May - 01.   

1747  Measles in Thirteen Colonies on May - 01.   

1751  1st American cricket match is played on this day in history.   

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  On May - 01 france & Austria sign alliance   

1757  On this day in history austria &France divide Prussia   

1757  Austria & France divide Prussia on May - 01.   

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  On this day in history measles in North America   

1761  Influenza in North America, West Indies on this day in history.   

1763  Smallpox in North America, present-day Pittsburgh area on this day in history.   

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

1769  The birth of Arthur Wellesley, The Duke of Wellington on May - 01.   

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  On May - 01 smallpox in Pacific Northwest natives   

1771  On this day in history george Guest, composer   

1772  On this day in history gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52   

1772  On this day in history measles in North America   

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

1775  On this day in history jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn, composer   

1775  On this day in history influenza in England   

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

1776  Adam Weishaupt founds secret society of Illuminati on May - 01.   

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 this day in history north American smallpox epidemic in Plains Indians   

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

1785  On May - 01 kamehameha, the king of HawaiÊ»i defeats Kalanikupule and establishes the Kingdom of HawaiÊ»i.   

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  On this day in history birth of rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291)   

1238  Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80) was born on May - 01.   

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 May - 01.   

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

0408  Death of Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338) on this day in history.   

1118  Death of Edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080) on May - 01.   

1171  On this day in history dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies   

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  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  Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies on May - 01.