Famous Birthdays In May - 01

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 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 this day in history.   

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 May - 01 birth of francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer   

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

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

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

1672  On May - 01 birth of joseph Addison, England, essayist (Spectator)   

1735  On May - 01 birth of john H van Kinsbergen, Dutch lt-admiral/founder of Dutch Marines Corp   

1738  On this day in history birth of king Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii (d. 1819)   

1759  On this day in history birth of jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US predictor   

1764  On May - 01 birth of benjamin Henry Latrobe, engineer/architect (built Capitol)   

1764  On May - 01 birth of gottfried Rieger, composer   

1769  On this day in history birth of arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, British PM (C) (1828-30)   

1771  On this day in history birth of george Guest, composer   

1775  On May - 01 birth of jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn, composer   

1800  Ret Thomas Aloysius Dornin, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1874 was born on this day in history.   

1804  Aleksey Khomyakov, Russian poet (d. 1860) was born on this day in history.   

1807  John Bankhead "Prince John" Magruder, Major General (Confederate Army) was born on this day in history.   

1818  On this day in history birth of jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet   

1819  William Steele, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885 was born on May - 01.   

1825  On this day in history birth of george Inness, US landscape painter (Delaware Water Gap)   

1829  On this day in history birth of jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice   

1830  Mother (Mary Harris) Jones, US reformer and labor organizer was born on this day in history.   

1831  Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and suffragist (d. 1903) was born on this day in history.   

1835  Alfred Napoleon Alexander "Natti" Duffie, Brig Gen (Union volunteers) was born on May - 01.   

1839  Chardonnet, inventor (rayon) was born on May - 01.   

1850  Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Governor General of Canada (d. 1942) was born on this day in history.   

1851  Laza Lazarević, Serbian writer and psychiatrist (d. 1891) was born on this day in history.   

1852  Calamity [Martha] Jane [Burke], frontier adventurer/indian fighter was born on May - 01.   

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0408  Death of Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338) on this day in history.   

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  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 May - 01.   

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

1447  Louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies on May - 01.   

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