Famous Deaths Happened In May - 01

0408  Death of Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338) on May - 01.   

1118  Death of Edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1471  On May - 01 thomas a Kempis, spiritual writer (Navolging of Christ), dies at 91   

1539  On May - 01 death of isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (b. 1503)   

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

1572  Pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri], great-inquisiteur/Pope (1566-72), dies on this day in history.   

1679  On May - 01 esaias Reusner, composer, dies at 43   

1700  John Dryden, English poet/playwright (Rival Ladies), dies on this day in history.   

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

1731  Death of Johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (b. 1677) on this day in history.   

1738  Death of Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English statesman (b. c. 1669) on May - 01.   

1772  On May - 01 gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52   

1813  Death of Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French marshal (killed in combat) (b. 1768) on this day in history.   

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  Death of Francisco Solano Lopez, fieldmarshal/president of Paraguay on May - 01.   

1872  On May - 01 amalia, princess of Weimar/wife of prince Hendrik the Navigator, dies   

1873  On May - 01 david Livingstone, British physician/explorer (Africa), dies at 60   

1874  Vilem Blodek, composer, dies at 39 on May - 01.   

1886  On May - 01 death of conrad Busken Huet, writer (Country of Rubens)   

1892  On this day in history willem A Scholten, manufacturer (potatoes), dies at 89   

1896  On May - 01 death of nasr-ed-Din, shah of Persia (184.-96), murdered at 65   

1898  On May - 01 alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian, dies at 81   

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

1902  On this day in history john Glover, English chemist (production sulfuric acid), dies at 85   

1903  Arthur Haygarth, cricketer (compiler of "Scores & Biographies"), dies on this day in history.   

1904  On May - 01 antonínDvorak, Czech composer (Slavic Dancing), dies at 62   

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

1238  Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80) was born on this day in history.   

1285  On May - 01 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  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  Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer was born on May - 01.