Famous Deaths Happened In May - 01
Thursday, 05 February 2026
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 Death of Jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals on this day in history. 

1277 Stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies on this day in history. 

1308 Death of Albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered on May - 01. 

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 May - 01. 

1471 On this day in history 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 Esaias Reusner, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history. 

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

1703 Death of Kiva Yoshinaka, Japanese monarch, murdered on May - 01. 

1731 On this day in history 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 Gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52 on this day in history. 

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

1831 On May - 01 antonius van Alphen, apostle vicar of De Bosch, dies at 82 

1863 On May - 01 edward Dorr Tracy, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 29 

1870 Death of Francisco Solano Lopez, fieldmarshal/president of Paraguay on this day in history. 

1872 Amalia, princess of Weimar/wife of prince Hendrik the Navigator, dies on this day in history. 

1873 On this day in history david Livingstone, British physician/explorer (Africa), dies at 60 

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

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 On this day in history alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian, dies at 81 

1899 On this day in history 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 On this day in history antonÃnDvorak, 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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