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May
1

On This Day

82 events  ·  79 deaths  ·  228 births
‹ 30 APR MAY 2 ›

Events on 1 May 82

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Year 305

Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman emperor.

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Year 524

King Sigismund of Burgundy is executed at Orléans after an 8-year reign and is succeeded by his brother Godomar.

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Year 880

The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches.

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Year 1169

Norman mercenaries land at Bannow Bay in Leinster, marking the beginning of the Norman invasion of Ireland.

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Year 1328

Wars of Scottish Independence end: By the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton the Kingdom of England recognises the Kingdom of Scotland as an independent state.

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Year 1455

Battle of Arkinholm, Royal forces end the Black Douglas hegemony in Scotland.

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Year 1576

Stephen Báthory, the reigning Prince of Transylvania, marries Anna Jagiellon and they become co-rulers of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Year 1707

The Act of Union joins the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.

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Year 1753

Publication of Species Plantarum by Linnaeus, and the formal start date of plant taxonomy adopted by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.

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Year 1759

Josiah Wedgwood founds the Wedgwood pottery company in Great Britain.

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Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 125

🇦🇱 Albania · International Workers' Day
🇩🇿 Algeria · Labor Day
🇦🇩 Andorra · Labor Day
🇦🇴 Angola · International Worker's Day
🇦🇷 Argentina · Labor Day
🇦🇲 Armenia · Labor Day
🇦🇹 Austria · Labor Day
🇧🇭 Bahrain · Labor Day
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · May Day
🇧🇧 Barbados · May Day
🇧🇾 Belarus · Labor Day
🇧🇪 Belgium · Labor Day
🇧🇿 Belize · Labour Day
🇧🇯 Benin · Labor Day
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Labor Day
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina · International Labor Day
🇧🇼 Botswana · Labour Day
🇧🇷 Brazil · Worker's Day
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Labor Day and International Workers' Solidarity Day
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso · Labour Day
🇧🇮 Burundi · Labour Day
🇰🇭 Cambodia · International Labor Day; Visaka Bochea Day
🇨🇲 Cameroon · Labour Day
🇹🇩 Chad · Labour Day
🇨🇱 Chile · Labor Day
🇨🇳 China · Labor Day
🇨🇴 Colombia · Labor Day
🇨🇬 Congo · Labor Day
🇨🇷 Costa Rica · International Labor Day
🇭🇷 Croatia · Labor Day
🇨🇺 Cuba · International Workers' Day
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Labor Day
🇨🇿 Czech Republic · Labor Day
🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire · Labor Day
🇩🇯 Djibouti · Labor Day
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Labor Day
🇪🇬 Egypt · Labor Day
🇸🇻 El Salvador · Labor Day
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea · International Labor Day
🇪🇪 Estonia · Spring Day
🇸🇿 Eswatini · Worker's Day
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · International Workers' Day
🇫🇮 Finland · May Day
🇫🇷 France · Labor Day
🇬🇦 Gabon · Labour Day
🇩🇪 Germany · Labor Day
🇬🇭 Ghana · May Day
🇬🇷 Greece · Labor Day
🇬🇩 Grenada · Labor Day
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Labor Day
🇬🇳 Guinea · Labor Day
🇬🇾 Guyana · Labor Day
🇭🇹 Haiti · Agriculture and Labor Day
🇭🇳 Honduras · Labor Day
🇭🇺 Hungary · Labor Day
🇮🇸 Iceland · Labor Day
🇮🇳 India · Buddha Purnima
🇮🇩 Indonesia · International Labor Day
🇮🇹 Italy · Festa dei Lavoratori
🇯🇴 Jordan · Labor Day
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kazakhstan's People Solidarity Holiday
🇰🇪 Kenya · Labor Day
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan · International Workers' Day
🇱🇦 Laos · International Labor Day
🇱🇻 Latvia · Labor Day
🇱🇸 Lesotho · Workers' Day
🇱🇮 Liechtenstein · Labor Day
🇱🇹 Lithuania · International Workers' Day
🇱🇺 Luxembourg · Labor Day
🇲🇬 Madagascar · Labor Day
🇲🇼 Malawi · Labour Day
🇲🇾 Malaysia · Labor Day; Vesak Day (estimated)
🇲🇻 Maldives · Labor Day
🇲🇹 Malta · Worker's Day
🇲🇷 Mauritania · Labor Day
🇲🇽 Mexico · Labor Day
🇲🇩 Moldova · International Workers' Solidarity Day
🇲🇨 Monaco · Labor Day
🇲🇪 Montenegro · Labor Day
🇲🇦 Morocco · Labor Day
🇲🇿 Mozambique · International Workers' Day
🇳🇦 Namibia · Workers' Day
🇳🇵 Nepal · Buddha Jayanti; International Labour Day
🇳🇮 Nicaragua · Labor Day
🇳🇪 Niger · International Labor Day
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Workers' Day
🇲🇰 North Macedonia · Labor Day
🇳🇴 Norway · Labor Day
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Labor Day
🇵🇦 Panama · Labor Day
🇵🇾 Paraguay · Workers' Day
🇵🇪 Peru · Labor Day
🇵🇭 Philippines · Labor Day
🇵🇱 Poland · National Day
🇵🇹 Portugal · Labor Day
🇷🇴 Romania · Labor Day
🇷🇺 Russia · Holiday of Spring and Labor
🇱🇨 Saint Lucia · Labor Day
🇸🇲 San Marino · Labour Day
🇸🇳 Senegal · Labor Day
🇷🇸 Serbia · Labor Day
🇸🇨 Seychelles · Labor Day
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone · Labor Day
🇸🇬 Singapore · Labor Day
🇸🇰 Slovakia · Labor Day
🇸🇮 Slovenia · Labor Day
🇿🇦 South Africa · Workers' Day
🇪🇸 Spain · Labor Day
🇸🇷 Suriname · Labor Day
🇸🇪 Sweden · May Day
🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe · Worker's Day
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Worker's Day
🇹🇭 Thailand · National Labor Day
🇹🇱 Timor-Leste · International Worker's Day
🇹🇬 Togo · Labor Day
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Labor Day
🇹🇷 Turkey · Labour and Solidarity Day
🇺🇾 Uruguay · Workers' Day
🇻🇺 Vanuatu · Labour Day
🇻🇦 Vatican City · Saint Joseph the Worker's Day
🇻🇪 Venezuela · International Worker's Day
🇻🇳 Vietnam · International Labor Day
🇾🇪 Yemen · Labor Day
🇿🇲 Zambia · Labour Day
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Workers' Day

Birthdays on 1 May 228

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John I, Count of Hainaut
b. 1218 – d. 1257
John I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218)
Rudolf I of Germany
Rudolf I of Germany
b. 1218 – d. 1291
Rudolf I of Germany (b. 1218)
Jean de Joinville
Jean de Joinville
b. 1225 – d. 1317
Jean de Joinville, French historian and author (d. 1317)
Magnus VI of Norway
Magnus VI of Norway
b. 1238 – d. 1280
Magnus VI of Norway
Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel
Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel
b. 1285 – d. 1326
Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (b. 1285)
Rinchinbal Khan
Rinchinbal Khan
b. 1326 – d. 1332
Rinchinbal Khan, Mongolian emperor (b. 1326)
Sidonie of Bavaria
Sidonie of Bavaria
b. 1488 – d. 1505
Sidonie of Bavaria, eldest daughter of Duke Albrecht IV of Bavaria-Munich (d. 1505)
Johannes Stadius
Johannes Stadius
b. 1527 – d. 1579
Johannes Stadius, German astronomer, astrologer, mathematician (d. 1579)
Franciscus Junius (the elder)
Franciscus Junius (the elder)
b. 1545 – d. 1602
Franciscus Junius, French theologian (d. 1602)
Wolphert Gerretse
Wolphert Gerretse
b. 1579 – d. 1662
Wolphert Gerretse, Dutch-American farmer, co-founded New Netherland (d. 1662)
Marco da Gagliano
Marco da Gagliano
b. 1582 – d. 1643
Marco da Gagliano, Italian composer (d. 1643)
Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill
Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill
b. 1585 – d. 1612
Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill, Belarusian saint (d. 1612)
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Deaths on 1 May 79

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Arcadius
Arcadius
d. 408 (b. 377)
Arcadius, Byzantine emperor (b. 337)
Saint Marcouf
Saint Marcouf
d. 558
Marcouf, missionary and saint
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Wang Zongji
d. 908
Wang Zongji, Chinese prince and pretender
Matilda of Scotland
Matilda of Scotland
d. 1118 (b. 1080)
Matilda of Scotland (b. 1080)
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Diarmait Mac Murchada
d. 1171 (b. 1110)
Diarmait Mac Murchada, King of Leinster (b. 1110)
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Roger de Moulins
d. 1187
Roger de Moulins, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller
Walter de Gray
Walter de Gray
d. 1255
Walter de Gray, English prelate and statesman
Stefan Uroš I
Stefan Uroš I
d. 1277 (b. 1223)
Stefan Uroš I of Serbia (b. 1223)
William of Villehardouin
William of Villehardouin
d. 1278
William II of Villehardouin
Albert I of Germany
Albert I of Germany
d. 1308 (b. 1255)
Albert I of Germany (b. 1255)
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Isabella of Portugal
d. 1539 (b. 1503)
Isabella of Portugal (d. 1539)
Pope Marcellus II
Pope Marcellus II
d. 1555 (b. 1501)
Marcellus II, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1555)
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