Famous Deaths 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 this day in history.   

1240  Death of Jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals on this day in history.   

1277  On May - 01 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 this day in history louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies   

1456  On this day in history hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies   

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

1539  On May - 01 death of isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (b. 1503)   

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  Esaias Reusner, composer, dies at 43 on May - 01.   

1700  John Dryden, English poet/playwright (Rival Ladies), dies on May - 01.   

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

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  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 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  On May - 01 david Livingstone, British physician/explorer (Africa), dies at 60   

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

1886  Death of Conrad Busken Huet, writer (Country of Rubens) on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history 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  Alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian, dies at 81 on May - 01.   

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 this day in history arthur Haygarth, cricketer (compiler of "Scores & Biographies"), dies   

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 this day in history.   

1218  Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291) was born on this day in history.   

1238  Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80) was born on this day in history.   

1285  Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326) was born on May - 01.   

1493  On May - 01 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.