Famous Personalities Born In May - 01
Wednesday, 02 April 2025
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 May - 01.
1238 On May - 01 birth of magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80)
1285 Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.
1493 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1577 On May - 01 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 On May - 01 birth of john Haynes, Massachusetts colonial magistrate
1672 On this day in history birth of joseph Addison, England, essayist (Spectator)
1735 John H van Kinsbergen, Dutch lt-admiral/founder of Dutch Marines Corp was born on May - 01.
1738 On this day in history birth of king Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii (d. 1819)
1759 Jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US predictor was born on May - 01.
1764 On May - 01 birth of benjamin Henry Latrobe, engineer/architect (built Capitol)
1764 On this day in history 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 May - 01.
1800 Ret Thomas Aloysius Dornin, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1874 was born on May - 01.
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 this day in history.
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 On this day in history birth of mother (Mary Harris) Jones, US reformer and labor organizer
1831 Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and suffragist (d. 1903) was born on May - 01.
1835 Alfred Napoleon Alexander "Natti" Duffie, Brig Gen (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.
1839 Chardonnet, inventor (rayon) was born on this day in history.
1850 On this day in history birth of prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Governor General of Canada (d. 1942)
1851 On this day in history birth of laza Lazarević, Serbian writer and psychiatrist (d. 1891)
1852 Calamity [Martha] Jane [Burke], frontier adventurer/indian fighter was born on this day in history.