What is May 1?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[305]] &ndash; [[Diocletian]] and [[Maximian]] retire as Roman Emperors. * [[524]] &ndash; King [[Sigismund of Burgundy]] is executed at [[Orleans]] after an eight–year reign and is succeeded by his brother [[Godomar]]. * [[880]] &ndash; The [[Nea Ekklesia]] is [[Inauguration|inaugurated]] in [[Constantinople]], setting the model for all later cross–in–square Orthodox [[church]]es. * [[1328]] &ndash; The [[Scottish Wars of Independence]] end: The [[Treaty]] of [[Edinburgh]]–[[Northampton]] leads the Kingdom of [[England]] to agree to recognize the Kingdom of [[Scotland]] as an independent state. * [[1351]] &ndash; [[Zürich Canton|Zürich]] becomes part of [[Switzerland]]. * [[1460]] &ndash; Italian seafarer [[Antonio de Noli]], sailing for [[Portugal]], discovers the [[Cape Verde]] [[island]] of [[Maio]], which he names after the date of his discovery. * [[1464]] &ndash; [[Edward IV of England]] marries [[Elizabeth Woodville]]. * [[1707]] &ndash; [[Act of Union]] joins [[Scotland]] and [[England]]. * [[1759]] &ndash; [[Josiah Wedgwood]] founds the Wedgwood [[pottery]] company. * [[1776]] &ndash; The [[Illuminati]] are founded in [[Ingolstadt]], [[Bavaria]], by [[Adam Weishaupt]]. * [[1778]] &ndash; [[American Revolution]]: The [[Battle of Crooked Billet]] begins in Hatboro, [[Pennsylvania]]. * [[1785]] &ndash; [[Kamehameha I]], king of Hawai'i defeats [[Kalanikupule]], creating the Kingdom of [[Hawaii|Hawai'i]]. * [[1786]] &ndash; The Opera, the [[Marriage of Figaro]] by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]], is performed for the first time in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]]. * [[1794]] &ndash; [[War of the Pyrenees]]: The [[Battle of Boulou]] ends, in which French forces defeat the Spanish and regain almost the land they had lost to [[Spain]] in [[1793]]. * [[1834]] &ndash; British colonies abolish [[Slavery]]. * [[1840]] &ndash; The [[Penny Black]] postage stamp, is introduced in the [[UK]]. * [[1844]] &ndash; The [[Hong Kong]] [[police]] force is founded. * [[1851]] &ndash