On May 1, history records 82 notable events, 228 famous births and 79 deaths, spanning the years 305 to 1759.
Events on this day include: Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman emperor. (305); King Sigismund of Burgundy is executed at Orléans after an 8-year reign and is succeeded by his brother Godomar. (524).
Notable people born on May 1 include John I, Count of Hainaut (1218), Rudolf I of Germany (1218), Jean de Joinville (1225).
Notable figures who died on this day include Arcadius (408), Saint Marcouf (558), Wang Zongji (908).
Events on 1 May 82
See all →King Sigismund of Burgundy is executed at Orléans after an 8-year reign and is succeeded by his brother Godomar.
The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches.
Norman mercenaries land at Bannow Bay in Leinster, marking the beginning of the Norman invasion of Ireland.
Wars of Scottish Independence end: By the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton the Kingdom of England recognises the Kingdom of Scotland as an independent state.
Stephen Báthory, the reigning Prince of Transylvania, marries Anna Jagiellon and they become co-rulers of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
The Act of Union joins the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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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Birthdays on 1 May 228
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Deaths on 1 May 79
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