Famous Deaths In May - 01

0408  On this day in history death of arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338)   

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

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 May - 01.   

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

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

1447  On this day in history louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies   

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

1471  On this day in history thomas a Kempis, spiritual writer (Navolging of Christ), dies at 91   

1539  On May - 01 death of isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (b. 1503)   

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

1572  On May - 01 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  On this day in history death of charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English statesman (b. c. 1669)   

1772  On this day in history gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52   

1813  On this day in history death of jean-Baptiste Bessières, French marshal (killed in combat) (b. 1768)   

1831  Antonius van Alphen, apostle vicar of De Bosch, dies at 82 on May - 01.   

1863  Edward Dorr Tracy, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 29 on this day in history.   

1870  On this day in history death of francisco Solano Lopez, fieldmarshal/president of Paraguay   

1872  On May - 01 amalia, princess of Weimar/wife of prince Hendrik the Navigator, dies   

1873  On this day in history david Livingstone, British physician/explorer (Africa), dies at 60   

1874  On May - 01 vilem Blodek, composer, dies at 39   

1886  Death of Conrad Busken Huet, writer (Country of Rubens) on this day in history.   

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

1896  On May - 01 death of nasr-ed-Din, shah of Persia (184.-96), murdered at 65   

1898  Alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian, dies at 81 on May - 01.   

1899  Death of Ludwig Büchner, German philosopher and physician (b. 1824) on this day in history.   

1902  John Glover, English chemist (production sulfuric acid), dies at 85 on May - 01.   

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

1904  AntonínDvorak, Czech composer (Slavic Dancing), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history death of john Barclay Armstrong, Texas Ranger and U.S. Marshal (b. 1850)   

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1218  John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257) was born on May - 01.   

1218  On this day in history birth of rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291)   

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 May - 01.   

1493  On this day in history birth of phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10)   

1545  Franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist was born on this day in history.   

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