Historical Events In May - 01

0305  On May - 01 emperor Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus Jovius of Rome resigns   

0526  Antioch earthquake in Byzantine Empire (now Turkey) killing =300,000 people on May - 01.   

1006  On this day in history supernova observed by Chinese &Egyptians in constellation Lupus   

1006  On May - 01 supernova observed by Chinese & Egyptians in constellation Lupus   

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

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

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

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

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

1277  On May - 01 stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies   

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

1394  Ekiho, exorcised the Zen temple & it's surroundings from an old badger on this day in history.   

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

1456  Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies on May - 01.   

1471  On May - 01 thomas a Kempis, spiritual writer (Navolging of Christ), dies at 91   

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

1523  On May - 01 danish king Christian III arrives in Veere   

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

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

1544  Turkish troops occupy Hungary on this day in history.   

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

1551  On this day in history council of Trente resumes   

1555  Marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italian Pope (1555), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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

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

1576  Stefan Batory, the reigning Prince of Transylvania, marries Anna Jagiellon and they become the co-rulers of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth on May - 01.   

1577  On May - 01 francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer   

1582  Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer on May - 01.   

1592  On May - 01 johann A Schall von Bell, German missionaries/astronomer   

1594  On May - 01 john Haynes, Massachusetts colonial magistrate   

1598  On May - 01 jacob van Necks merchant fleet departs for Java   

1625  On May - 01 portuguese &Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador (Bahia)   

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1218  On May - 01 birth of john I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257)   

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 this day in history.   

1493  Phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer   

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 this day in history 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  On May - 01 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  Louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies on this day in history.   

1456  Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies on this day in history.