Famous Birthdays In May - 01

1218  On May - 01 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 May - 01.   

1285  Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.   

1493  On May - 01 birth of phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10)   

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 May - 01.   

1577  On this day in history birth of francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer   

1582  On May - 01 birth of marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer   

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

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

1672  Joseph Addison, England, essayist (Spectator) was born on this day in history.   

1735  John H van Kinsbergen, Dutch lt-admiral/founder of Dutch Marines Corp was born on May - 01.   

1738  King Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii (d. 1819) was born on May - 01.   

1759  Jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US predictor was born on this day in history.   

1764  Benjamin Henry Latrobe, engineer/architect (built Capitol) was born on this day in history.   

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  Jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 01.   

1807  On this day in history birth of john Bankhead "Prince John" Magruder, Major General (Confederate Army)   

1818  Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet was born on May - 01.   

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  Jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice was born on May - 01.   

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

1831  On May - 01 birth of emily Stowe, Canadian physician and suffragist (d. 1903)   

1835  On this day in history birth of alfred Napoleon Alexander "Natti" Duffie, Brig Gen (Union volunteers)   

1839  On this day in history birth of chardonnet, inventor (rayon)   

1850  On this day in history birth of prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Governor General of Canada (d. 1942)   

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

1852  On May - 01 birth of calamity [Martha] Jane [Burke], frontier adventurer/indian fighter   

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0408  Death of Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338) on May - 01.   

1118  Death of Edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080) on this day in history.   

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  Death of Albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered on May - 01.   

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.