Events & Holidays In May - 01

Agriculture and Labor Day (Haiti)

Constitution & Independence Day (Marshall Islands)

Constitution Day (Latvia)

Día del Trabajo (Labor Day) (Mexico)

Fete du Travail (Djibouti)

International Labor Day (Vietnam)

Kazakhstan People's Unity Day (Kazakhstan)

Labor Day (International)

Labor Day of May Day (Poland)

Labour Day (International)

Lei Day (United States of America)

Loyalty Day (United States of America)

May Day (International)

Save the Rhino Day (United States of America)

Svatek prace (May Day) (Czech Republic)

Tag der Arbeit (Labor Day) (Switzerland)

Virgen de Chapi (Peru)

Worker's Day (International)

Youth & Sports Day (Cyprus (Turkish   Republic of Northern Cyprus))

Labor Day / Spring Day (Estonia)

Law Day (United States of America)

Mid Year Day (Banks only) (Thailand)

Working Day (Mali)

1218  On this day in history birth of john I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257)   

1218  On this day in history birth of rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291)   

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

1285  Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.   

1493  On this day in history birth of phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10)   

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

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

1577  On this day in history birth of francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer   

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

1118  Death of Edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080) on this day in history.   

1171  Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies on this day in history.   

1240  Death of Jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals on this day in history.   

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

1308  Death of Albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered on this day in history.   

1447  On this day in history louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies   

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