Famous Deaths Happened In May - 01

0408  On May - 01 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 May - 01 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 May - 01 death of albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered   

1447  On May - 01 louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies   

1456  Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies on this day in history.   

1471  Thomas a Kempis, spiritual writer (Navolging of Christ), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

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

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 May - 01.   

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 this day in history death of francisco Solano Lopez, fieldmarshal/president of Paraguay   

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

1873  David Livingstone, British physician/explorer (Africa), dies at 60 on May - 01.   

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

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

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

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

1898  On this day in history alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian, dies at 81   

1899  Death of Ludwig Büchner, German philosopher and physician (b. 1824) on May - 01.   

1902  John Glover, English chemist (production sulfuric acid), dies at 85 on May - 01.   

1903  On this day in history 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 May - 01.   

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1218  John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257) was born on May - 01.   

1218  Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291) was born on May - 01.   

1238  Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80) was born on May - 01.   

1285  Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.   

1493  On this day in history 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  On May - 01 birth of francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer