Famous Birthdays In May - 01

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

1218  Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291) was born on this day in history.  

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  On May - 01 birth of phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10)  

1545  On May - 01 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 May - 01.  

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

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

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

1672  On this day in history birth of joseph Addison, England, essayist (Spectator)  

1735  John H van Kinsbergen, Dutch lt-admiral/founder of Dutch Marines Corp was born on May - 01.  

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

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

1764  On this day in history birth of benjamin Henry Latrobe, engineer/architect (built Capitol)  

1764  On May - 01 birth of gottfried Rieger, composer  

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

1818  On this day in history birth of jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet  

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  Jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice was born on May - 01.  

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

1831  On May - 01 birth of emily Stowe, Canadian physician and suffragist (d. 1903)  

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

1839  Chardonnet, inventor (rayon) was born on May - 01.  

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  Calamity [Martha] Jane [Burke], frontier adventurer/indian fighter was born on this day in history.  

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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 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  Louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies on May - 01.  

1456  Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies on May - 01.