Famous Birthdays In May - 01

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

1218  Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291) was born on May - 01.  

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

1285  On May - 01 birth of edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326)  

1493  Phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10) was born on this day in history.  

1545  On May - 01 birth of franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist  

1567  On May - 01 birth of michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter  

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

1582  Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer was born on May - 01.  

1592  On May - 01 birth of johann A Schall von Bell, German missionaries/astronomer  

1594  John Haynes, Massachusetts colonial magistrate was born on this day in history.  

1672  On May - 01 birth of joseph Addison, England, essayist (Spectator)  

1735  John H van Kinsbergen, Dutch lt-admiral/founder of Dutch Marines Corp was born on this day in history.  

1738  King Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii (d. 1819) was born on this day in history.  

1759  On May - 01 birth of jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US predictor  

1764  On May - 01 birth of benjamin Henry Latrobe, engineer/architect (built Capitol)  

1764  Gottfried Rieger, composer was born on May - 01.  

1769  Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, British PM (C) (1828-30) was born on this day in history.  

1771  George Guest, composer was born on this day in history.  

1775  On May - 01 birth of jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn, composer  

1800  Ret Thomas Aloysius Dornin, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1874 was born on this day in history.  

1804  On May - 01 birth of aleksey Khomyakov, Russian poet (d. 1860)  

1807  On this day in history birth of john Bankhead "Prince John" Magruder, Major General (Confederate Army)  

1818  On May - 01 birth of jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet  

1819  William Steele, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885 was born on May - 01.  

1825  George Inness, US landscape painter (Delaware Water Gap) was born on May - 01.  

1829  Jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice was born on this day in history.  

1830  On this day in history birth of mother (Mary Harris) Jones, US reformer and labor organizer  

1831  On this day in history birth of emily Stowe, Canadian physician and suffragist (d. 1903)  

1835  Alfred Napoleon Alexander "Natti" Duffie, Brig Gen (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.  

1839  On May - 01 birth of chardonnet, inventor (rayon)  

1850  On May - 01 birth of prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Governor General of Canada (d. 1942)  

1851  Laza Lazarević, Serbian writer and psychiatrist (d. 1891) was born on this day in history.  

1852  On this day in history birth of calamity [Martha] Jane [Burke], frontier adventurer/indian fighter  

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0408  Death of Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338) on this day in history.  

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

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

1240  On May - 01 death of 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 May - 01 death of albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered  

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

1456  On this day in history hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies