Famous Birthdays In May - 01

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  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 May - 01.  

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  Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter was born on May - 01.  

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

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

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

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

1738  On May - 01 birth of king Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii (d. 1819)  

1759  Jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US predictor was born on this day in history.  

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

1764  On this day in history birth of gottfried Rieger, composer  

1769  On May - 01 birth of arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, British PM (C) (1828-30)  

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

1775  On May - 01 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 May - 01 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  William Steele, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885 was born on May - 01.  

1825  On May - 01 birth of george Inness, US landscape painter (Delaware Water Gap)  

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 May - 01.  

1835  Alfred Napoleon Alexander "Natti" Duffie, Brig Gen (Union volunteers) was born on May - 01.  

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

1850  Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Governor General of Canada (d. 1942) was born on this day in history.  

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

1240  Death of Jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals on May - 01.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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