Famous Birthdays In May - 01

1218  On May - 01 birth of john I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257)  

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

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

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.  

1582  On May - 01 birth of marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer  

1592  Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionaries/astronomer was born on this day in history.  

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

1672  Joseph Addison, England, essayist (Spectator) was born on May - 01.  

1735  On this day in history birth of john H van Kinsbergen, Dutch lt-admiral/founder of Dutch Marines Corp  

1738  On this day in history birth of king Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii (d. 1819)  

1759  Jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US predictor was born on May - 01.  

1764  Benjamin Henry Latrobe, engineer/architect (built Capitol) was born on this day in history.  

1764  Gottfried Rieger, composer was born on this day in history.  

1769  Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, British PM (C) (1828-30) was born on May - 01.  

1771  On May - 01 birth of george Guest, composer  

1775  On this day in history birth of jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn, composer  

1800  On this day in history birth of ret Thomas Aloysius Dornin, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1874  

1804  On this day in history birth of aleksey Khomyakov, Russian poet (d. 1860)  

1807  On May - 01 birth of john Bankhead "Prince John" Magruder, Major General (Confederate Army)  

1818  Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet was born on May - 01.  

1819  On this day in history birth of william Steele, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885  

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

1829  On this day in history birth of jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice  

1830  On May - 01 birth of mother (Mary Harris) Jones, US reformer and labor organizer  

1831  Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and suffragist (d. 1903) was born on this day in history.  

1835  On May - 01 birth of alfred Napoleon Alexander "Natti" Duffie, Brig Gen (Union volunteers)  

1839  On this day in history birth of chardonnet, inventor (rayon)  

1850  On this day in history birth of prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Governor General of Canada (d. 1942)  

1851  On May - 01 birth of laza Lazarević, Serbian writer and psychiatrist (d. 1891)  

1852  On May - 01 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  On this day in history 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 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 May - 01 hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies