1187
Battle of Cresson
Battle · Middle East
On this day
1 May
874 events in the atlas are dated to 1 May, from 418 CE to 2026. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 874 events
- 418 – 2026 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1526
Battle of Panipat
Battle · South Asia
1852
Philippine peso
Event · Southeast Asia
1960
1960 U-2 incident spy aircraft
Accident · Europe
2003
Iraqi insurgency
Rebellion · Middle East · 2003 – 2011
2016
2016 Fort McMurray Wildfire
Event · North America · 2016 – 2017
Antiquity
to 500 CE · 1 eventThe Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 18 events- 1187Battle of CressonBattle · Middle East
- 12121212 Gulf Of Aqaba earthquakeNatural disaster · North Africa
- 13141314–16 papal conclaveElection · Europe · 1314 – 1316
- 1185solar eclipse of 1 May 1185Event
- 811 CEBattle of RayBattle · Middle East
- 1455Battle of ArkinholmBattle · Europe
- 683 CEConstruction of Kedukan Bukit inscriptionConstruction · Southeast Asia
- 1444Massacre of GreifenseeSiege · Europe
- 1384Founding of HorlăceniFounding · Europe
- 1194Construction of Ås AbbeyConstruction · Europe
Early modern times
1501 – 1800 · 34 events- 1526Battle of PanipatBattle · South Asia
- 1648Siege of CandiaSiege · Europe · 1648 – 1669
- 1625Recapture of SalvadorEvent · South America
- 1756Treaty of VersaillesTreaty
- 1517Evil May DayProtest · Europe
- 1707Founding of Kingdom of Great BritainFounding · Europe
- 1703Battle of PułtuskBattle · Europe
- 1757Treaty of VersaillesTreaty
- 15961596 eruption of AsamayamaNatural disaster · East Asia
- 1777Founding of MonteríaFounding · South America
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 90 events- 1852Philippine pesoEvent · Southeast Asia
- 1898Battle of Manila BayBattle · Southeast Asia
- 1865Treaty of the Triple AllianceTreaty · South America
- 1853Argentine Constitution of 1853Event · South America
- 1863Battle of Port GibsonBattle · North America
- 1827Founding of BremerhavenFounding · Europe
- 1887Founding of BurbankFounding · North America
- 1854Founding of Atlantic CityFounding · North America
- 1851Construction of The Crystal PalaceConstruction · Europe
- 1828Founding of TU DresdenFounding · Europe
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 520 events- 19601960 U-2 incident spy aircraftAccident · Europe
- 19211921 Jaffa riotsWar · Middle East
- 1995Operation FlashBattle · Europe
- 1937Dersim massacreAttack · Middle East · 1937 – 1938
- 1945Borneo campaignWar · Southeast Asia
- 19971997 United Kingdom general election in LondonElection · Europe
- 1947Portella della Ginestra massacreAttack · Europe
- 1940Battle of Zaoyang–YichangBattle · East Asia
- 1999NATO bombing of Belgrade streetsEvent · Europe
- 1945Battle of TarakanBattle · Southeast Asia
The 21st century
since 2001 · 211 events- 2003Iraqi insurgencyRebellion · Middle East · 2003 – 2011
- 20212021 Taliban offensiveEvent · South Asia
- 2011Operation Neptune SpearEvent · South Asia
- 20162016 Fort McMurray WildfireEvent · North America · 2016 – 2017
- 20042004 enlargement of the European UnionEvent
- 2009same-sex marriage in SwedenEvent · Europe
- 2002S&P/TSX Composite IndexEvent · North America
- 2023death of Jordan NeelyEvent · North America
- 20102010 Times Square car bombing attemptAttack · North America
- 20212021 Salvadoran political crisisPolitical · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
About the dates
Each event is listed under the date its sources give, as its page shows it. Before 1582, and in some countries later (Britain until 1752, Russia until 1918), that is a date of the Julian calendar, as on Wikipedia’s pages for each day.