Famous Deaths Happened In 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  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  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   

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 this day in history 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  Gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52 on May - 01.   

1813  On May - 01 death of jean-Baptiste Bessières, French marshal (killed in combat) (b. 1768)   

1831  On this day in history antonius van Alphen, apostle vicar of De Bosch, dies at 82   

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 May - 01.   

1872  Amalia, princess of Weimar/wife of prince Hendrik the Navigator, dies on this day in history.   

1873  On May - 01 david Livingstone, British physician/explorer (Africa), dies at 60   

1874  Vilem Blodek, composer, dies at 39 on May - 01.   

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  On May - 01 death of nasr-ed-Din, shah of Persia (184.-96), murdered at 65   

1898  Alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1904  AntonínDvorak, Czech composer (Slavic Dancing), dies at 62 on May - 01.   

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

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1218  John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257) was born on this day in history.   

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