Historical Events In May - 01

0305  Emperor Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus Jovius of Rome resigns on May - 01.  

0526  On May - 01 antioch earthquake in Byzantine Empire (now Turkey) killing =300,000 people  

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

1006  On this day in history supernova observed by Chinese & Egyptians in constellation Lupus  

1048  On this day in history 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 May - 01 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  

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

1328  On May - 01 wars of Scottish Independence end: Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton  

1394  Ekiho, exorcised the Zen temple &it's surroundings from an old badger on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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  Phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10) on May - 01.  

1523  On May - 01 danish king Christian III arrives in Veere  

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

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

1544  Turkish troops occupy Hungary on May - 01.  

1545  Franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist on this day in history.  

1551  Council of Trente resumes on this day in history.  

1555  Marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italian Pope (1555), dies at 53 on May - 01.  

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 this day in history.  

1592  Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionaries/astronomer on May - 01.  

1594  On May - 01 john Haynes, Massachusetts colonial magistrate  

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

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  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  Phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10) was born on May - 01.  

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 this day in history.  

1577  On May - 01 birth of francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer  

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  Death of Jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.