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 May - 01.  

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

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

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

1171  Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies on this day in history.  

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

1240  On May - 01 jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals  

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

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

1328  Wars of Scottish Independence end: Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton on this day in history.  

1394  On May - 01 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 this day in history.  

1456  Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies on May - 01.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1544  On this day in history turkish troops occupy Hungary  

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

1551  On this day in history council of Trente resumes  

1555  Marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italian Pope (1555), dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1567  Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter on May - 01.  

1572  On this day in history 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 on May - 01.  

1577  On May - 01 francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer  

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

1592  On this day in history johann A Schall von Bell, German missionaries/astronomer  

1594  On May - 01 john Haynes, Massachusetts colonial magistrate  

1598  Jacob van Necks merchant fleet departs for Java on this day in history.  

1625  On May - 01 portuguese &Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador (Bahia)  

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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 May - 01 birth of magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80)  

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

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

1545  Franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist was born on May - 01.  

1567  Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter was born on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1240  On May - 01 death of jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals  

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

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