Historical Events In May - 01

0305  Emperor Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus Jovius of Rome steps down.   

0526  Antioch earthquake in Byzantine Empire (now Turkey) killing =300000 people   

1006  Supernova observed by Chinese and Egyptians in constellation Lupus.   

1048  Bishop Bernold flees St Pieterskerk for Utrecht Netherlands   

1048  Bishop Bernold flees St Pieterskerk for Utrecht Neth.   

1171  Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies   

1238  Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80)   

1240  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.   

1308  Albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered   

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

1394  Ekiho, exorcised the Zen temple and it's surroundings from an old badger.   

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

1456  Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies   

1471  Thomas a Kempis, spiritual writer (Navolging of Christ), dies at 91.   

1493  Phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10).   

1523  Danish king Christian III arrives in Veere.   

1528  Pánfilo the Narváez begins exploration to with 350 men to Florida.   

1544  Turkish troops occupy Hungary   

1545  Franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist   

1551  Council of Trente resumes.   

1555  Marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italian Pope (1555), dies at 53   

1567  Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter.   

1572  Pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri], great-inquisiteur/Pope (1566-72), dies.   

1576  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.   

1582  Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer.   

1592  Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionaries/astronomer   

1594  John Haynes, Massachusetts colonial magistrate   

1598  Jacob van Necks merchant fleet departs for Java   

1625  Portuguese and Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador (Bahia)   

1625  Prince Frederik Henry appointed viceroy of Holland.   

1628  Meiboom in Quincy MA degenerates into orgy with Indian women   

1672  Joseph Addison, England, essayist (Spectator)   

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1218  On May - 01 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  Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80) was born on this day in history.   

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

1493  On May - 01 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  Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer was born on 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  On this day in history 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  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 May - 01 hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies