Famous Birthdays In May - 01

1218  John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257) was born on this day in history.   

1218  Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291) was born on May - 01.   

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

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

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

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

1594  John Haynes, Massachusetts colonial magistrate was born on May - 01.   

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

1735  On this day in history birth of john H van Kinsbergen, Dutch lt-admiral/founder of Dutch Marines Corp   

1738  King Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii (d. 1819) was born on this day in history.   

1759  On May - 01 birth of jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US predictor   

1764  On this day in history birth of benjamin Henry Latrobe, engineer/architect (built Capitol)   

1764  Gottfried Rieger, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1771  On May - 01 birth of george Guest, composer   

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

1800  On May - 01 birth of ret Thomas Aloysius Dornin, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1874   

1804  On May - 01 birth of aleksey Khomyakov, Russian poet (d. 1860)   

1807  On May - 01 birth of john Bankhead "Prince John" Magruder, Major General (Confederate Army)   

1818  On May - 01 birth of jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet   

1819  On May - 01 birth of william Steele, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885   

1825  On May - 01 birth of george Inness, US landscape painter (Delaware Water Gap)   

1829  On May - 01 birth of jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice   

1830  Mother (Mary Harris) Jones, US reformer and labor organizer was born on May - 01.   

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  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 May - 01.   

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

1118  On May - 01 death of edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080)   

1171  On May - 01 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 this day in history.   

1277  Stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies on this day in history.   

1308  On May - 01 death of albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered   

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

1456  On this day in history hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies