Famous Personalities Born In May - 01
Saturday, 31 January 2026
1218 John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257) was born on May - 01. 

1218 On this day in history birth of rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291) 

1238 On May - 01 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 On this day in history 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 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 this day in history. 

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

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

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 this day in history. 

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

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

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

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 this day in history birth of george Guest, composer 

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

1800 On May - 01 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 John Bankhead "Prince John" Magruder, Major General (Confederate Army) was born on this day in history. 

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

1819 William Steele, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885 was born on this day in history. 

1825 George Inness, US landscape painter (Delaware Water Gap) was born on this day in history. 

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 this day in history 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 this day in history. 

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 May - 01 birth of calamity [Martha] Jane [Burke], frontier adventurer/indian fighter 

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