Historical Events In May - 01

0305  On May - 01 emperor Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus Jovius of Rome resigns   

0526  Antioch earthquake in Byzantine Empire (now Turkey) killing =300,000 people on this day in history.   

1006  On this day in history supernova observed by Chinese &Egyptians in constellation Lupus   

1006  On May - 01 supernova observed by Chinese & Egyptians in constellation Lupus   

1048  On this day in history bishop Bernold flees St Pieterskerk for Utrecht Netherlands   

1048  Bishop Bernold flees St Pieterskerk for Utrecht Neth on this day in history.   

1171  On May - 01 dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies   

1238  On this day in history magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80)   

1240  On May - 01 jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals   

1277  On this day in history stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies   

1308  On this day in history albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered   

1328  Wars of Scottish Independence end: Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton on May - 01.   

1394  Ekiho, exorcised the Zen temple &it's surroundings from an old badger on May - 01.   

1394  On this day in history ekiho, exorcised the Zen temple & it's surroundings from an old badger   

1447  On May - 01 louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies   

1456  Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies on this day in history.   

1471  On May - 01 thomas a Kempis, spiritual writer (Navolging of Christ), dies at 91   

1493  Phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10) on May - 01.   

1523  On this day in history danish king Christian III arrives in Veere   

1528  Pánfilo the Narvaéz begins exploration to with 350 men to Florida on this day in history.   

1528  Pánfilo the Narváez begins exploration to with 350 men to Florida on May - 01.   

1544  Turkish troops occupy Hungary on this day in history.   

1545  Franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist on this day in history.   

1551  On this day in history council of Trente resumes   

1555  Marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italian Pope (1555), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1567  Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter on this day in history.   

1572  Pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri], great-inquisiteur/Pope (1566-72), dies on May - 01.   

1576  On this day in history stefan Batory, the reigning Prince of Transylvania, marries Anna Jagiellon and they become the co-rulers of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.   

1577  Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer on this day in history.   

1582  Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer on this day in history.   

1592  On this day in history johann A Schall von Bell, German missionaries/astronomer   

1594  John Haynes, Massachusetts colonial magistrate on May - 01.   

1598  Jacob van Necks merchant fleet departs for Java on this day in history.   

1625  On May - 01 portuguese &Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador (Bahia)   

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1218  John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257) was born on this day in history.   

1218  On May - 01 birth of rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291)   

1238  Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80) was born on May - 01.   

1285  On this day in history birth of edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326)   

1493  On May - 01 birth of phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10)   

1545  On this day in history birth of franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist   

1567  On this day in history birth of michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter   

1577  Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer was born on May - 01.   

0408  On this day in history death of arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338)   

1118  On May - 01 death of edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080)   

1171  On this day in history dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies   

1240  On this day in history death of jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals   

1277  On May - 01 stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies   

1308  On May - 01 death of albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered   

1447  Louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies on May - 01.   

1456  Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies on this day in history.