Page 3: Historical Events In May - 01

1743  Plague in Italy on this day in history.   

1747  Measles in Thirteen Colonies on May - 01.   

1751  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1756  France & Austria sign alliance on this day in history.   

1757  On May - 01 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  On this day in history jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US predictor   

1759  Measles in North America on May - 01.   

1761  On this day in history influenza in North America, West Indies   

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

1764  On this day in history benjamin Henry Latrobe, engineer/architect (built Capitol)   

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

1769  On this day in history 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 May - 01.   

1770  On this day in history russian plague of 1770-1772 in Russia killing 50,000 people   

1770  On May - 01 smallpox in Pacific Northwest natives   

1771  George Guest, composer on May - 01.   

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

1772  Measles in North America on this day in history.   

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

1775  Jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn, composer on this day in history.   

1775  Influenza in England on this day in history.   

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

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

1777  On this day in history rB Sheridans "School for Scandal," premieres in London   

1778  On May - 01 american Revolution: The Battle of Crooked Billet begins in Hatboro, Pennsylvania.   

1778  On May - 01 dengue fever in Spain   

1780  North American smallpox epidemic in Plains Indians on this day in history.   

1781  Emperor Jozef II decrees protection of population on May - 01.   

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  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 this day in history birth of magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80)   

1285  Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326) was born on May - 01.   

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

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

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  On May - 01 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 this day in history.   

1171  On May - 01 dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies   

1240  Death of Jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1447  Louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies on this day in history.   

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