Famous Deaths In May - 01

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

1118  Death of Edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080) on May - 01.  

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1456  On May - 01 hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies  

1471  Thomas a Kempis, spiritual writer (Navolging of Christ), dies at 91 on May - 01.  

1539  Death of Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (b. 1503) on May - 01.  

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1555  On this day in history marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italian Pope (1555), dies at 53  

1572  On May - 01 pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri], great-inquisiteur/Pope (1566-72), dies  

1679  On this day in history esaias Reusner, composer, dies at 43  

1700  On May - 01 john Dryden, English poet/playwright (Rival Ladies), dies  

1703  Death of Kiva Yoshinaka, Japanese monarch, murdered on this day in history.  

1731  On May - 01 death of johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (b. 1677)  

1738  On May - 01 death of charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English statesman (b. c. 1669)  

1772  On this day in history gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52  

1813  On May - 01 death of jean-Baptiste Bessières, French marshal (killed in combat) (b. 1768)  

1831  Antonius van Alphen, apostle vicar of De Bosch, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1863  On this day in history edward Dorr Tracy, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 29  

1870  On May - 01 death of francisco Solano Lopez, fieldmarshal/president of Paraguay  

1872  On this day in history amalia, princess of Weimar/wife of prince Hendrik the Navigator, dies  

1873  David Livingstone, British physician/explorer (Africa), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1874  On this day in history vilem Blodek, composer, dies at 39  

1886  On this day in history death of conrad Busken Huet, writer (Country of Rubens)  

1892  Willem A Scholten, manufacturer (potatoes), dies at 89 on May - 01.  

1896  Death of Nasr-ed-Din, shah of Persia (184.-96), murdered at 65 on May - 01.  

1898  Alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1899  On May - 01 death of ludwig Büchner, German philosopher and physician (b. 1824)  

1902  On May - 01 john Glover, English chemist (production sulfuric acid), dies at 85  

1903  On May - 01 arthur Haygarth, cricketer (compiler of "Scores & Biographies"), dies  

1904  AntonínDvorak, Czech composer (Slavic Dancing), dies at 62 on May - 01.  

1913  Death of John Barclay Armstrong, Texas Ranger and U.S. Marshal (b. 1850) on this day in history.  

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

1493  Phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10) was born on this day in history.  

1545  Franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist was born on May - 01.  

1567  Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter was born on this day in history.  

1577  On this day in history birth of francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer