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 this day in history.  

1238  On May - 01 birth of magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80)  

1285  On May - 01 birth of edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326)  

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  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.  

1594  On May - 01 birth of john Haynes, Massachusetts colonial magistrate  

1672  On May - 01 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  Jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US predictor was born on this day in history.  

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  Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, British PM (C) (1828-30) was born on this day in history.  

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  Aleksey Khomyakov, Russian poet (d. 1860) was born on May - 01.  

1807  On this day in history birth of john Bankhead "Prince John" Magruder, Major General (Confederate Army)  

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 this day in history.  

1830  Mother (Mary Harris) Jones, US reformer and labor organizer was born on this day in history.  

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

1835  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1851  Laza Lazarević, Serbian writer and psychiatrist (d. 1891) was born on May - 01.  

1852  On May - 01 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 this day in history dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies  

1240  On May - 01 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 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.