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 May - 01.   

1171  Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies on May - 01.   

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

1447  Louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies on May - 01.   

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  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  John Dryden, English poet/playwright (Rival Ladies), dies on May - 01.   

1703  On May - 01 death of kiva Yoshinaka, Japanese monarch, murdered   

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  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history 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 this day in history 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  Death of Ludwig Büchner, German philosopher and physician (b. 1824) on May - 01.   

1902  On May - 01 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  On May - 01 death of john Barclay Armstrong, Texas Ranger and U.S. Marshal (b. 1850)   

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1218  On this day in history birth of john I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257)   

1218  On this day in history birth of rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291)   

1238  On May - 01 birth of magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80)   

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  On this day in history birth of franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist   

1567  On May - 01 birth of michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter   

1577  Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer was born on this day in history.