Historical Events In May - 01

0305  On May - 01 emperor Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus Jovius of Rome resigns  

0526  On this day in history antioch earthquake in Byzantine Empire (now Turkey) killing =300,000 people  

1006  On this day in history supernova observed by Chinese &Egyptians in constellation Lupus  

1006  On this day in history supernova observed by Chinese & Egyptians in constellation Lupus  

1048  Bishop Bernold flees St Pieterskerk for Utrecht Netherlands on this day in history.  

1048  Bishop Bernold flees St Pieterskerk for Utrecht Neth on May - 01.  

1171  On May - 01 dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies  

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

1240  On this day in history 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  On this day in history albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered  

1328  On this day in history wars of Scottish Independence end: Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton  

1394  Ekiho, exorcised the Zen temple &it's surroundings from an old badger on May - 01.  

1394  Ekiho, exorcised the Zen temple & it's surroundings from an old badger on May - 01.  

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

1456  On May - 01 hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies  

1471  On this day in history thomas a Kempis, spiritual writer (Navolging of Christ), dies at 91  

1493  On this day in history phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10)  

1523  On this day in history danish king Christian III arrives in Veere  

1528  On this day in history pánfilo the Narvaéz begins exploration to with 350 men to Florida  

1528  Pánfilo the Narváez begins exploration to with 350 men to Florida on May - 01.  

1544  Turkish troops occupy Hungary on May - 01.  

1545  On May - 01 franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist  

1551  On May - 01 council of Trente resumes  

1555  Marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italian Pope (1555), dies at 53 on May - 01.  

1567  On this day in history michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter  

1572  On May - 01 pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri], great-inquisiteur/Pope (1566-72), dies  

1576  On May - 01 stefan Batory, the reigning Prince of Transylvania, marries Anna Jagiellon and they become the co-rulers of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.  

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

1582  On this day in history marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer  

1592  Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionaries/astronomer on May - 01.  

1594  John Haynes, Massachusetts colonial magistrate on this day in history.  

1598  On this day in history jacob van Necks merchant fleet departs for Java  

1625  On this day in history portuguese &Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador (Bahia)  

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1218  On May - 01 birth of john I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257)  

1218  On May - 01 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  On this day in history 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 May - 01 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  On this day in history birth of francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer  

0408  On this day in history 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  Death of Jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals on this day in history.  

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  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