Famous Deaths Happened In May - 01
Saturday, 06 December 2025
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 this day in history 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 On May - 01 louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies 

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

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

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

1555 Marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italian Pope (1555), dies at 53 on this day in history. 

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

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

1700 On this day in history john Dryden, English poet/playwright (Rival Ladies), dies 

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

1731 On this day in history death of johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (b. 1677) 

1738 Death of Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English statesman (b. c. 1669) on this day in history. 

1772 Gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52 on this day in history. 

1813 On this day in history 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 Edward Dorr Tracy, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 29 on this day in history. 

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

1874 On May - 01 vilem Blodek, composer, dies at 39 

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

1892 On May - 01 willem A Scholten, manufacturer (potatoes), dies at 89 

1896 On this day in history death of nasr-ed-Din, shah of Persia (184.-96), murdered at 65 

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

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

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

1913 On this day in history death of john Barclay Armstrong, Texas Ranger and U.S. Marshal (b. 1850) 

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