Famous Deaths Happened In May - 01

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

1118  On this day in history death of edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080)   

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

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  Pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri], great-inquisiteur/Pope (1566-72), dies on May - 01.   

1679  Esaias Reusner, composer, dies at 43 on May - 01.   

1700  On May - 01 john Dryden, English poet/playwright (Rival Ladies), dies   

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 May - 01 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 this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history edward Dorr Tracy, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 29   

1870  Death of Francisco Solano Lopez, fieldmarshal/president of Paraguay on this day in history.   

1872  On this day in history amalia, princess of Weimar/wife of prince Hendrik the Navigator, dies   

1873  David Livingstone, British physician/explorer (Africa), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1874  On this day in history vilem Blodek, composer, dies at 39   

1886  Death of Conrad Busken Huet, writer (Country of Rubens) on May - 01.   

1892  On this day in history willem A Scholten, manufacturer (potatoes), dies at 89   

1896  Death of Nasr-ed-Din, shah of Persia (184.-96), murdered at 65 on this day in history.   

1898  On May - 01 alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian, dies at 81   

1899  Death of Ludwig Büchner, German philosopher and physician (b. 1824) on May - 01.   

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

1903  On this day in history arthur Haygarth, cricketer (compiler of "Scores & Biographies"), dies   

1904  On May - 01 antonínDvorak, Czech composer (Slavic Dancing), dies at 62   

1913  Death of John Barclay Armstrong, Texas Ranger and U.S. Marshal (b. 1850) on this day in history.   

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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  Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80) was born on May - 01.   

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

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