Template:On this day/May 1
- 1781 – Siege of Pensacola: The Spanish installed six 24-pounders in their advance battery.
- 1878 – Jonathan Walker died.
- 1962 – Pat Dodson's advertising agency was reorganized and incorporated as Dodson, Craddock & Born.
- 2002 – Soccer complex corruption scandal: Governor Jeb Bush suspended indicted Escambia County Commissioners W. D. Childers, Willie Junior, Mike Bass and Terry Smith.