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* [[1776]] - The '''[[Illuminati|Order of the Illuminati]]''', a [[secret society]], was founded by [[Adam Weishaupt]] and [[Adolph von Knigge]] in [[Ingolstadt]], [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]].
File:Carl von Linné.jpg|Carl Linnaeus
* [[1786]] - '''''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]''''', an [[opera buffa]] composed by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]], premiered at the [[Burgtheater]] in [[Vienna]].
File:Overture low.ogg|Overture to ''The Marriage of Figaro''
* [[1863]] - [[American Civil War]]: Heavy fighting began in the '''[[Battle of Chancellorsville]]'''.
File:Citizen-Kane-Welles-Podium.jpg|Scene from ''Citizen Kane''
* [[1897]] - The [[Hinduism|Hindu]] [[Monasticism|monastic order]] [[Ramakrishna Mission|Shri Ramakrishna Math and Mission]] was founded by [[Swami Vivekananda]].
File:Orson Welles 1937.jpg|Orson Welles in 1937
* [[1931]] - The '''[[Empire State Building]]''', at the time the [[World's tallest structures|tallest building in the world]], opened in [[New York City]].
File:Penny black.jpg|Penny Black postage stamp
* [[1941]] - '''''[[Citizen Kane]]''''', a [[Movies that have been considered the greatest ever|widely acclaimed film]] by [[Orson Welles]], premiered.
File:Stepan bathory.jpg|Stephen Báthory
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File:Anna Jagiellonka król.jpg|Anna Jagiellon
'''[[May 1]]''': '''[[Beltane]]''' in [[Ireland]] and [[Scotland]], '''[[May Day]]''' in various countries.
File:Carol Ann Duffy (cropped).jpg|Carol Ann Duffy
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File:Moses Fleetwood Walker.jpg|Moses Fleetwood Walker
[[Image:Penny-black.jpg|100x100px|Penny Black postage stamp]]
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{{*mp}} [[1707]] - The Kingdoms of [[Kingdom of England|England]] and [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] '''[[Acts of Union 1707|merged]]''' to form the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]], a single kingdom encompassing the entire island of [[Great Britain]] with a [[Parliament of Great Britain|single parliament]] and government based in [[Westminster]].
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{{*mp}} [[1840]] - The '''[[Penny Black]]''' ''(pictured)'', the first official adhesive [[postage stamp]], was issued in the [[United Kingdom]].
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{{*mp}} [[1893]] - The '''[[World's Columbian Exposition]]''', a [[World's Fair]] to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the [[New World]] by [[Christopher Columbus]], opened in [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]], [[United States]].
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{{*mp}} [[1956]] - A doctor in [[Japan]] reported an "[[epidemic]] of an unknown disease of the [[central nervous system]]", marking the official discovery of '''[[Minamata disease]]'''.
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{{*mp}} [[1960]] - [[Bombay State]], [[India]] was partitioned into '''[[Gujarat]]''' and '''[[Maharashtra]]''' along [[Languages of India|linguistic lines]].
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| [[1169]] – [[Anglo-Normans|Norman]] mercenaries landed at [[Bannow|Bannow Bay]] in [[Leinster]], beginning the '''[[Norman invasion of Ireland]]'''.
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| [[1753]] – [[Carl Linnaeus]]<!--not bold, featured on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/January 10]]--> published his '''''[[Species Plantarum]]''''', which, with his earlier work ''[[Systema Naturae]]'', is considered the beginning of modern [[botanical nomenclature]].
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| [[1840]] – The United Kingdom issued the '''[[Penny Black]]''', the world's first official adhesive [[postage stamp]] used in a public postal system.
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| [[1851]] – The '''[[Great Exhibition]]''', the first [[world's fair]], opened in London's [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]].
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| [[1865]] – Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina signed a treaty '''[[Treaty of the Triple Alliance|creating an alliance]]''' against Paraguay in the [[War of the Triple Alliance]].
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|[[1893]] – The '''[[World's Columbian Exposition]]''', a [[world's fair]] to celebrate the 400th anniversary of [[Christopher Columbus]]' discovery of the New World, opened in [[Chicago]].
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| [[1897]] – The '''[[Ramakrishna Mission]]''' was founded by [[Vivekananda|Swami Vivekananda]] to serve as the humanitarian counterpart to the [[Hinduism|Hindu]] monastic order [[Ramakrishna Math]].
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| [[1898]] – The American [[Asiatic Squadron]] under Commodore [[George Dewey]] defeated the Spanish Pacific Squadron under Admiral [[Patricio Montojo]] at the '''[[Battle of Manila Bay]]''', the first engagement of the [[Spanish–American War]].
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| [[1925]] – The '''[[All-China Federation of Trade Unions]]''', the world's largest [[trade union]], was founded in [[Guangzhou]], China.
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| [[1956]] – A doctor in Japan reported an "[[epidemic]] of an unknown disease of the [[central nervous system]]", marking the official discovery of '''[[Minamata disease]]'''.
| unreferenced section
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| [[1960]] – [[Bombay State]] in India was partitioned into '''[[Gujarat]]''' and '''[[Maharashtra]]''' along [[Languages of India|linguistic lines]].
| Gujarat: section needs to be rewritten
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| [[1985]] – Labor groups in the Philippines established the '''[[Bagong Alyansang Makabayan]]''', a political coalition and [[communist front]], in order to challenge the dictatorship of [[Ferdinand Marcos]].
| refimprove sections, outdated
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| [[2001]] – Rioters led by [[Miriam Defensor Santiago]], [[Gregorio Honasan]], [[Panfilo Lacson]] and [[Tito Sotto]] launched '''[[EDSA III|a siege]]''' against the Philippine [[Malacañang Palace|presidential palace]].
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| [[2003]] – [[2003 invasion of Iraq|Invasion of Iraq]]: Aboard the {{USS|Abraham Lincoln|CVN-72|6}} in front of a "'''[[Mission Accomplished speech|Mission Accomplished]]'''" banner, U.S. president [[George W. Bush]] declared that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended".
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| [[2009]] – '''[[Carol Ann Duffy]]''' was appointed [[Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom]], the first woman, the first Scot, and the first openly [[Bisexuality|bisexual]] person to hold the position, as well as the first laureate to be chosen in the 21st century.
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|'''[[International Workers' Day]]'''<!--take out Loyalty Day also if this is ineligible-->;
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|* [[1994]] – Brazilian racing driver '''[[Ayrton Senna]]''', a three-time [[Formula One]] World Champion, '''[[Death of Ayrton Senna|was killed]]''' in a crash<!-- ''(wreckage pictured)''--> during the [[1994 San Marino Grand Prix]].
|Missing at least 9 citations
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* [[880]] – The '''[[Nea Ekklesia]]''' church in [[Constantinople]], on which many later [[cross-in-square]] Orthodox churches were based, was consecrated.
* [[1576]] – '''[[Stephen Báthory]]''' and '''[[Anna Jagiellon]]'''<!-- ''(both pictured)''--> were crowned as the elected rulers of the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]].
* [[1625]] – [[Dutch–Portuguese War]]: Portuguese and Spanish forces '''[[Recapture of Bahia|recaptured]]''' the Brazilian city of [[Salvador, Bahia|Bahia]], which had previously been [[Capture of Bahia|captured by the Dutch Republic]].
* [[1707]] – Under the terms of the '''[[Acts of Union 1707|Acts of Union]]''', the Kingdoms of England and Scotland merged to form the '''[[Kingdom of Great Britain]]''', with a [[Parliament of Great Britain|single parliament]] and government based in [[Westminster]].
* [[1776]] – The [[secret society]] known as the '''[[Illuminati|Order of Illuminati]]''' was founded by [[Adam Weishaupt]] and [[Adolph Freiherr Knigge]] in [[Ingolstadt]], [[Bavaria]], Germany.
* [[1786]] – '''''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]''''' ''(audio featured)'', an [[opera buffa]] by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]], premiered at the [[Burgtheater]] in Vienna.
* [[1884]] – '''[[Moses Fleetwood Walker]]''' ''(pictured)'', the last [[African Americans|African American]] in [[Major League Baseball]] until [[Jackie Robinson]], played his first game for the [[Toledo Blue Stockings]].
* [[1885]] – The original '''[[Chicago Board of Trade Building]]''' opened for business.
* [[1900]] – A [[dust explosion]] at a coal mine near [[Scofield, Utah]], U.S., '''[[Scofield Mine disaster|killed]]''' at least 200 miners.
* [[1941]] – '''''[[Citizen Kane]]'''''<!-- ''(scene pictured)''-->, a [[List of films considered the best|widely acclaimed film]] by actor and director [[Orson Welles]], premiered.
* [[1945]] – [[World War II|Second World War]]: British and Indian forces conducted '''[[Battle of Elephant Point|a successful airborne assault]]''' on a Japanese artillery battery during the advance to liberate [[Yangon|Rangoon]], Burma.
* [[1947]] – Sicilian separatist [[Salvatore Giuliano]] and his gang '''[[Portella della Ginestra massacre|fired into a crowd]]''' of [[May Day]] marchers near [[Piana degli Albanesi]], [[Sicily]], killing 11 and wounding 33.
* [[1950]] – '''[[Gwendolyn Brooks]]''' became the first African American to receive the [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]].
* [[1991]] – In [[Major League Baseball]], '''[[Rickey Henderson]]''' broke the record for [[stolen base]]s on the same night that '''[[Nolan Ryan]]''' broke his own record for [[no-hitter]]s.
* [[2016]] – The evacuation of nearly 88,000 people began when '''[[2016 Fort McMurray wildfire|a wildfire]]''' swept through [[Fort McMurray|Fort McMurray, Alberta]], Canada, and burned for another 14 months, becoming the costliest disaster in Canadian history.

* Born/died this day: | '''[[Paul I Šubić of Bribir|Paul&nbsp;I Šubić of Bribir]]'''<!--Croatian ruler--> |d|1312| '''[[Franciscus Junius (the elder)|Franciscus Junius the Elder]]'''<!--French theologian--> |b|1545| '''[[François de Troy]]'''<!--French artist--> |d|1730| '''[[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington]]'''<!--British prime minister--> |b|1769| '''[[Honora Sneyd]]'''<!--English writer, female--> |d|1780| '''[[Adelsteen Normann]]'''<!--Norwegian painter, male--> |b|1848| '''[[Marie-Aimée Roger-Miclos]]'''<!--French pianist, female--> |b|1860| '''[[Ralph Stackpole]]'''<!--American sculptor--> |b|1885| '''[[Henry DeWolf Smyth]]'''<!--American physicist--> |b|1898| '''[[Ulric Cross]]'''<!--Trinidadian jurist--> |b|1917| '''[[Magda Goebbels]]'''<!--German wife of Nazi official Joseph Goebbels--> |d|1945| '''[[Ranasinghe Premadasa]]'''<!--Sri Lankan president--> |d|1993| '''[[Aram Khachaturian]]'''<!--Armenian composer--> |d|1978

==Notes==
* [[Woolworth Building]] appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 24|April 24]], so Empire State Building should not appear in the same year
* [[Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago)]] appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 28|April 28]], so Chicago Board of Trade Building should not appear in the same year
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'''[[May 1]]''': '''[[Beltane]]''' and '''[[Samhain]]''' in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, respectively; '''[[Maharashtra Day]]''' in [[Maharashtra]], India ([[1960]]); '''[[Loyalty Day]]''' in the United States
{{main page image/OTD|File:Empire State Building (aerial view).jpg|Empire State Building}}
* [[305]] – '''[[Diocletian]]''' and '''[[Maximian]]''' retired as co-rulers of the [[Roman Empire]], being succeeded by [[Galerius]] and [[Constantius Chlorus]].
* [[1794]] – [[War of the Pyrenees]]: France regained nearly all the land it lost to Spain the previous year with its victory in the '''[[Second Battle of Boulou]]'''.
* [[1931]] – New York City's '''[[Empire State Building]]''' ''(pictured)'', at the time the [[List of tallest buildings and structures|tallest building in the world]], opened.
* [[1974]] – Argentine president [[Juan Perón]] '''[[Expulsion of Montoneros from Plaza de Mayo|expelled]]''' [[Montoneros]] from a demonstration in the [[Plaza de Mayo]] in Buenos Aires, forcing the group to become a clandestine organization.
{{Born and died list| '''[[Alexander William Williamson]]'''<!--English chemist--> |b|1824| '''[[Anna Jarvis]]'''<!--American founder of Mother's Day--> |b|1864| '''[[Eldridge Cleaver]]'''<!--American activist--> |d|1998 }}
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This is a list of selected May 1 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

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  • Carl Linnaeus
    Carl Linnaeus
  • Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
  • Scene from Citizen Kane
    Scene from Citizen Kane
  • Orson Welles in 1937
    Orson Welles in 1937
  • Penny Black postage stamp
    Penny Black postage stamp
  • Stephen Báthory
    Stephen Báthory
  • Anna Jagiellon
    Anna Jagiellon
  • Carol Ann Duffy
    Carol Ann Duffy
  • Moses Fleetwood Walker
    Moses Fleetwood Walker

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Blurb Reason
May Day refimprove
Law Day in the United States refimprove
1169 – Norman mercenaries landed at Bannow Bay in Leinster, beginning the Norman invasion of Ireland. neutrality issues
1753 – Carl Linnaeus published his Species Plantarum, which, with his earlier work Systema Naturae, is considered the beginning of modern botanical nomenclature. Use on different dates. 1 May was chosen arbitrarily (per the article)
1840 – The United Kingdom issued the Penny Black, the world's first official adhesive postage stamp used in a public postal system. refimprove
1851 – The Great Exhibition, the first world's fair, opened in London's Hyde Park. refimprove section
1865 – Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina signed a treaty creating an alliance against Paraguay in the War of the Triple Alliance. refimprove section
1893 – The World's Columbian Exposition, a world's fair to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' discovery of the New World, opened in Chicago. unreferenced section, refimprove section
1897 – The Ramakrishna Mission was founded by Swami Vivekananda to serve as the humanitarian counterpart to the Hindu monastic order Ramakrishna Math. refimprove section
1898 – The American Asiatic Squadron under Commodore George Dewey defeated the Spanish Pacific Squadron under Admiral Patricio Montojo at the Battle of Manila Bay, the first engagement of the Spanish–American War. refimprove
1925 – The All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the world's largest trade union, was founded in Guangzhou, China. unreferenced section
1956 – A doctor in Japan reported an "epidemic of an unknown disease of the central nervous system", marking the official discovery of Minamata disease. unreferenced section
1960 – Bombay State in India was partitioned into Gujarat and Maharashtra along linguistic lines. Gujarat: section needs to be rewritten
1985 – Labor groups in the Philippines established the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, a political coalition and communist front, in order to challenge the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. refimprove sections, outdated
2001 – Rioters led by Miriam Defensor Santiago, Gregorio Honasan, Panfilo Lacson and Tito Sotto launched a siege against the Philippine presidential palace. refimprove
2003 – Invasion of Iraq: Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln in front of a "Mission Accomplished" banner, U.S. president George W. Bush declared that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended". refimprove section
2009 – Carol Ann Duffy was appointed Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, the first woman, the first Scot, and the first openly bisexual person to hold the position, as well as the first laureate to be chosen in the 21st century. refimprove section
International Workers' Day; Tagged for referencing
* 1994 – Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna, a three-time Formula One World Champion, was killed in a crash during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. Missing at least 9 citations

Eligible

Notes

May 1: Beltane and Samhain in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, respectively; Maharashtra Day in Maharashtra, India (1960); Loyalty Day in the United States

Empire State Building
Empire State Building
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