Famous Deaths Happened In May - 01

0408  Death of Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338) on this day in history.   

1118  Death of Edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080) on this day in history.   

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

1240  Death of Jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals on May - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

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  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 May - 01 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1772  Gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52 on May - 01.   

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

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

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 May - 01.   

1874  Vilem Blodek, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

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 May - 01 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 this day in history.   

1902  On this day in history john Glover, English chemist (production sulfuric acid), dies at 85   

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

1904  On May - 01 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 this day in history 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  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 this day in history birth of michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter   

1577  Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer was born on May - 01.