📅 Today in HistoryMay 1
The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches.
Norman mercenaries land at Bannow Bay in Leinster, marking the beginning of the Norman invasion of Ireland.
Wars of Scottish Independence end: By the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton, England recognises Scotland as an independent state.
Christopher Columbus presents his plans discovering a western route to the Indies to the Spanish Queen Isabella I of Castile.
The Edict of Expulsion is officially proclaimed in Castile, requiring all Jewish residents to leave within three months.
Henry Morgan's raid on Lake Maracaibo, the Spanish Armada de Barlovento is defeated by an English Privateer fleet led by Captain Henry Morgan.
The Act of Union joining England and Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain takes effect.
Publication of Species Plantarum by Linnaeus, and the formal start date of plant taxonomy adopted by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.
The Slave Trade Act 1807 takes effect, abolishing the slave trade within the British Empire.
