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.

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Days:	April 28	April 29	April 30	May 1	May 2	May 3	May 4

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:
  • Event: Premiere of Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro
• 1876:
  • Event: Queen Victoria formally takes the title of Empress of India.
• 1898
  • Event: The Battle of Manilla Bay during the Spanish-American War