Historical Events In May - 01

0305  On this day in history emperor Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus Jovius of Rome resigns  

0526  On May - 01 antioch earthquake in Byzantine Empire (now Turkey) killing =300,000 people  

1006  Supernova observed by Chinese &Egyptians in constellation Lupus on this day in history.  

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

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

1048  On May - 01 bishop Bernold flees St Pieterskerk for Utrecht Neth  

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

1238  On this day in history magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80)  

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

1277  Stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies on this day in history.  

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

1328  Wars of Scottish Independence end: Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton on May - 01.  

1394  On this day in history ekiho, exorcised the Zen temple &it's surroundings from an old badger  

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

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

1456  On this day in history 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  Phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10) on May - 01.  

1523  Danish king Christian III arrives in Veere on this day in history.  

1528  On May - 01 pánfilo the Narvaéz begins exploration to with 350 men to Florida  

1528  Pánfilo the Narváez begins exploration to with 350 men to Florida on this day in history.  

1544  Turkish troops occupy Hungary on May - 01.  

1545  On this day in history 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  Pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri], great-inquisiteur/Pope (1566-72), dies on this day in history.  

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

1577  On this day in history francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer  

1582  Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer on May - 01.  

1592  On May - 01 johann A Schall von Bell, German missionaries/astronomer  

1594  John Haynes, Massachusetts colonial magistrate on May - 01.  

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

1625  Portuguese &Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador (Bahia) on this day in history.  

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

1285  On May - 01 birth of edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326)  

1493  Phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10) was born on this day in history.  

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

0408  Death of Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338) on May - 01.  

1118  On May - 01 death of edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080)  

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  Stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies on this day in history.  

1308  Death of Albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered on this day in history.  

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