Historical Events In May - 01

0305  Emperor Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus Jovius of Rome resigns on this day in history.   

0526  Antioch earthquake in Byzantine Empire (now Turkey) killing =300,000 people on this day in history.   

1006  On May - 01 supernova observed by Chinese &Egyptians in constellation Lupus   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

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  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 May - 01.   

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

1471  Thomas a Kempis, spiritual writer (Navolging of Christ), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

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 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 May - 01.   

1544  On May - 01 turkish troops occupy Hungary   

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

1551  On this day in history council of Trente resumes   

1555  On this day in history marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italian Pope (1555), dies at 53   

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

1572  Pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri], great-inquisiteur/Pope (1566-72), dies on this day in history.   

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  On May - 01 francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer   

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

1592  Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionaries/astronomer on this day in history.   

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

1598  Jacob van Necks merchant fleet departs for Java on May - 01.   

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

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1218  On this day in history 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 May - 01 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  Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter was born on May - 01.   

1577  Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer was born on May - 01.   

0408  On May - 01 death of arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338)   

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  On May - 01 death of 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   

1308  On May - 01 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  Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies on May - 01.