May 1
This page lists news articles and events for May 1.
Events that happen on the specified date are listed under Events: entries. News articles that were published on the specified date are listed under News: entries. Events that only happened in fiction on the specified date are listed under Fiction: entries and are written in italics.
Recurring Events
- Holiday: May Day
- Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker
One-time Events/News
- 1776:
- Event: The Bavarian Illuminati are founded by Adam Weishaupt in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany.
- 1786:
- 1876:
- Event: Queen Victoria formally takes the title of Empress of India.
- 1898
- Event: The Battle of Manilla Bay during the Spanish-American War
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