Famous Birthdays In May - 01

1218  John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257) was born on this day in history.  

1218  Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291) was born on May - 01.  

1238  On this day in history birth of magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80)  

1285  On this day in history birth of edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326)  

1493  On May - 01 birth of phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10)  

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 this day in history.  

1577  On May - 01 birth of francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer  

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

1592  On this day in history birth of johann A Schall von Bell, German missionaries/astronomer  

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 May - 01 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  On this day in history birth of jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US predictor  

1764  Benjamin Henry Latrobe, engineer/architect (built Capitol) was born on May - 01.  

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  Jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn, composer was born on May - 01.  

1800  On May - 01 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 this day in history 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 May - 01 birth of william Steele, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885  

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

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

1830  Mother (Mary Harris) Jones, US reformer and labor organizer was born on May - 01.  

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 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 May - 01.  

1851  On this day in history birth of laza Lazarević, Serbian writer and psychiatrist (d. 1891)  

1852  On this day in history birth of calamity [Martha] Jane [Burke], frontier adventurer/indian fighter  

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0408  On this day in history death of arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338)  

1118  On this day in history 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  Stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies on May - 01.  

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