Famous Personalities Born In May - 01
Friday, 17 January 2025
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 this day in history.
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 this day in history birth of phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10)
1545 On this day in history birth of franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist
1567 On this day in history birth of michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter
1577 Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer was born on May - 01.
1582 On this day in history birth of marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer
1592 Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionaries/astronomer was born on May - 01.
1594 John Haynes, Massachusetts colonial magistrate was born on this day in history.
1672 Joseph Addison, England, essayist (Spectator) was born on May - 01.
1735 John H van Kinsbergen, Dutch lt-admiral/founder of Dutch Marines Corp was born on this day in history.
1738 King Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii (d. 1819) was born on this day in history.
1759 Jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US predictor was born on May - 01.
1764 On May - 01 birth of benjamin Henry Latrobe, engineer/architect (built Capitol)
1764 On this day in history birth of gottfried Rieger, composer
1769 Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, British PM (C) (1828-30) was born on May - 01.
1771 On May - 01 birth of george Guest, composer
1775 Jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn, composer was born on this day in history.
1800 Ret Thomas Aloysius Dornin, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1874 was born on this day in history.
1804 Aleksey Khomyakov, Russian poet (d. 1860) was born on this day in history.
1807 On this day in history birth of john Bankhead "Prince John" Magruder, Major General (Confederate Army)
1818 Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet was born on May - 01.
1819 William Steele, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885 was born on this day in history.
1825 George Inness, US landscape painter (Delaware Water Gap) was born on this day in history.
1829 On this day in history birth of jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice
1830 On this day in history birth of mother (Mary Harris) Jones, US reformer and labor organizer
1831 Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and suffragist (d. 1903) was born on this day in history.
1835 Alfred Napoleon Alexander "Natti" Duffie, Brig Gen (Union volunteers) was born on May - 01.
1839 On this day in history birth of chardonnet, inventor (rayon)
1850 On May - 01 birth of prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Governor General of Canada (d. 1942)
1851 Laza Lazarević, Serbian writer and psychiatrist (d. 1891) was born on May - 01.
1852 On May - 01 birth of calamity [Martha] Jane [Burke], frontier adventurer/indian fighter