Historical Events In May - 01

0305  On this day in history emperor Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus Jovius of Rome resigns   

0526  On May - 01 antioch earthquake in Byzantine Empire (now Turkey) killing =300,000 people   

1006  Supernova observed by Chinese &Egyptians in constellation Lupus on this day in history.   

1006  Supernova observed by Chinese & Egyptians in constellation Lupus on May - 01.   

1048  Bishop Bernold flees St Pieterskerk for Utrecht Netherlands on May - 01.   

1048  On May - 01 bishop Bernold flees St Pieterskerk for Utrecht Neth   

1171  Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies on this day in history.   

1238  Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80) on this day in history.   

1240  On May - 01 jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals   

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

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

1328  Wars of Scottish Independence end: Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton on May - 01.   

1394  Ekiho, exorcised the Zen temple &it's surroundings from an old badger on May - 01.   

1394  On this day in history ekiho, exorcised the Zen temple & it's surroundings from an old badger   

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   

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

1493  Phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10) on May - 01.   

1523  Danish king Christian III arrives in Veere on May - 01.   

1528  On this day in history pánfilo the Narvaéz begins exploration to with 350 men to Florida   

1528  Pánfilo the Narváez begins exploration to with 350 men to Florida on May - 01.   

1544  On May - 01 turkish troops occupy Hungary   

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

1551  Council of Trente resumes on this day in history.   

1555  On May - 01 marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italian Pope (1555), dies at 53   

1567  Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter on this day in history.   

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

1576  On this day in history stefan Batory, the reigning Prince of Transylvania, marries Anna Jagiellon and they become the co-rulers of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.   

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

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

1592  On this day in history johann A Schall von Bell, German missionaries/astronomer   

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

1598  Jacob van Necks merchant fleet departs for Java on this day in history.   

1625  Portuguese &Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador (Bahia) on May - 01.   

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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 this day in history 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 May - 01 birth of phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10)   

1545  On May - 01 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  Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer was born on May - 01.   

0408  Death of Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338) on this day in history.   

1118  Death of Edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080) on May - 01.   

1171  On this day in history dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies   

1240  On May - 01 death of jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals   

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 this day in history.   

1456  On May - 01 hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies