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- 1436
- Stockholm receives city privileges.
- 1500
- Pedro Álvares Cabral lands on the northeastern coast of present-day Brazil, claiming it for Portugal as the Ilha de Vera Cruz before later realizing that it is part of a continent rather than an island.
- 1707
- The Acts of Union are passed, joining the Kingdoms of England and Scotland into a single Kingdom of Great Britain.
- 1888
- St. John’s is incorporated as a city in Newfoundland and Labrador.
- 1933
- In Italy, the Vercelli–Fara tramway closes after 49 years in operation.
- 1948
- The Bermuda Railway closes after 17 years in operation.
- 1948
- During the Arab–Israeli War, the early Byzantine-era village of Harrawi is depopulated.
- 1989
- The People’s Republic of Kampuchea changes its name to the State of Cambodia and adopts a transitional constitution.
This is a selection of establishments and disestablishments on May 1, based on OpenHistoricalMap data, that automatically appears on the OpenHistoricalMap page on May 1 of each year. This list highlights important changes in the world, as well as more mundane events that demonstrate the project's ambitious tendency toward micromapping history.
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