Famous Deaths Happened In May - 01

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  Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies on this day in history.   

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

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  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.   

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

1572  Pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri], great-inquisiteur/Pope (1566-72), dies on May - 01.   

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 May - 01.   

1731  On May - 01 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  Antonius van Alphen, apostle vicar of De Bosch, dies at 82 on May - 01.   

1863  Edward Dorr Tracy, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 29 on May - 01.   

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

1872  On May - 01 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  Vilem Blodek, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1886  Death of Conrad Busken Huet, writer (Country of Rubens) on May - 01.   

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

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

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

1899  Death of Ludwig Büchner, German philosopher and physician (b. 1824) on this day in history.   

1902  John Glover, English chemist (production sulfuric acid), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1903  Arthur Haygarth, cricketer (compiler of "Scores & Biographies"), dies on May - 01.   

1904  On this day in history antonínDvorak, 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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1218  John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257) was born on May - 01.   

1218  On May - 01 birth of rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291)   

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  On May - 01 birth of michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter   

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