Historical Events In May - 01

0305  On May - 01 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  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  Bishop Bernold flees St Pieterskerk for Utrecht Neth on May - 01.  

1171  On May - 01 dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies  

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

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

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

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  

1471  On May - 01 thomas a Kempis, spiritual writer (Navolging of Christ), dies at 91  

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

1523  On this day in history danish king Christian III arrives in Veere  

1528  On this day in history 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  On this day in history franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist  

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 May - 01.  

1576  On this day in history 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 on May - 01.  

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

1592  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291) was born on this day in history.  

1238  On this day in history 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  On May - 01 birth of michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter  

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  On this day in history death of edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080)  

1171  On this day in history dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies  

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

1447  On May - 01 louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies  

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