Historical Events In May - 01

0305  On this day in history 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  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  Bishop Bernold flees St Pieterskerk for Utrecht Netherlands on this day in history.  

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

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

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  On May - 01 stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies  

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1308  On May - 01 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  On May - 01 ekiho, exorcised the Zen temple &it's surroundings from an old badger  

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

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 this day in history.  

1471  On May - 01 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 May - 01.  

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

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

1544  On May - 01 turkish troops occupy Hungary  

1545  On this day in history franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist  

1551  On May - 01 council of Trente resumes  

1555  On May - 01 marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italian Pope (1555), dies at 53  

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

1572  Pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri], great-inquisiteur/Pope (1566-72), dies on May - 01.  

1576  Stefan Batory, the reigning Prince of Transylvania, marries Anna Jagiellon and they become the co-rulers of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth on this day in history.  

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  Jacob van Necks merchant fleet departs for Java on May - 01.  

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

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1218  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 this day in history birth of franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist  

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

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 this day in history 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 May - 01.  

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

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