Famous Birthdays In May - 01

1218  On this day in history 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 May - 01.  

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

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

1592  Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionaries/astronomer was born on May - 01.  

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1594  On this day in history birth of john Haynes, Massachusetts colonial magistrate  

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

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

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

1771  George Guest, composer was born on May - 01.  

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

1800  On May - 01 birth of ret Thomas Aloysius Dornin, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1874  

1804  Aleksey Khomyakov, Russian poet (d. 1860) was born on this day in history.  

1807  John Bankhead "Prince John" Magruder, Major General (Confederate Army) was born on May - 01.  

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 this day in history.  

1825  On this day in history birth of george Inness, US landscape painter (Delaware Water Gap)  

1829  On May - 01 birth of jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice  

1830  On this day in history 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  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  Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Governor General of Canada (d. 1942) was born on May - 01.  

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