Famous Deaths In May - 01

0408  On May - 01 death of arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338)   

1118  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies   

1471  Thomas a Kempis, spiritual writer (Navolging of Christ), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1539  Death of Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (b. 1503) on May - 01.   

1555  On this day in history marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italian Pope (1555), dies at 53   

1572  On this day in history pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri], great-inquisiteur/Pope (1566-72), dies   

1679  On May - 01 esaias Reusner, composer, dies at 43   

1700  John Dryden, English poet/playwright (Rival Ladies), dies on this day in history.   

1703  On May - 01 death of kiva Yoshinaka, Japanese monarch, murdered   

1731  Death of Johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (b. 1677) on May - 01.   

1738  Death of Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English statesman (b. c. 1669) on this day in history.   

1772  On May - 01 gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52   

1813  Death of Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French marshal (killed in combat) (b. 1768) on this day in history.   

1831  On this day in history antonius van Alphen, apostle vicar of De Bosch, dies at 82   

1863  Edward Dorr Tracy, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 29 on May - 01.   

1870  On May - 01 death of francisco Solano Lopez, fieldmarshal/president of Paraguay   

1872  Amalia, princess of Weimar/wife of prince Hendrik the Navigator, dies on May - 01.   

1873  David Livingstone, British physician/explorer (Africa), dies at 60 on May - 01.   

1874  Vilem Blodek, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1886  On May - 01 death of conrad Busken Huet, writer (Country of Rubens)   

1892  Willem A Scholten, manufacturer (potatoes), dies at 89 on May - 01.   

1896  Death of Nasr-ed-Din, shah of Persia (184.-96), murdered at 65 on May - 01.   

1898  Alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1899  On May - 01 death of ludwig Büchner, German philosopher and physician (b. 1824)   

1902  John Glover, English chemist (production sulfuric acid), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1903  Arthur Haygarth, cricketer (compiler of "Scores & Biographies"), dies on May - 01.   

1904  AntonínDvorak, Czech composer (Slavic Dancing), dies at 62 on May - 01.   

1913  Death of John Barclay Armstrong, Texas Ranger and U.S. Marshal (b. 1850) on May - 01.   

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

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  Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326) was born on May - 01.   

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

1545  Franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist was born on May - 01.   

1567  On this day in history birth of michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter   

1577  Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer was born on this day in history.