Historical Events In May - 01

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

0526  On this day in history antioch earthquake in Byzantine Empire (now Turkey) killing =300,000 people  

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 this day in history.  

1171  Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies on May - 01.  

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

1240  Jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals on May - 01.  

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

1308  Albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered on May - 01.  

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

1394  On May - 01 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 May - 01.  

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 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 this day in history.  

1528  On May - 01 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  On May - 01 franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist  

1551  Council of Trente resumes on this day in history.  

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

1582  On this day in history 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  On this day in history jacob van Necks merchant fleet departs for Java  

1625  Portuguese &Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador (Bahia) on this day in history.  

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

1218  On May - 01 birth of rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291)  

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

1285  On this day in history birth of edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326)  

1493  On this day in history 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  On May - 01 birth of michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter  

1577  Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer was born on 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 May - 01.  

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

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