Famous Deaths Happened In May - 01

0408  Death of Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338) on May - 01.   

1118  Death of Edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080) on this day in history.   

1171  On May - 01 dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies   

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

1277  Stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies on May - 01.   

1308  Death of Albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered on this day in history.   

1447  Louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies on May - 01.   

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

1471  Thomas a Kempis, spiritual writer (Navolging of Christ), dies at 91 on May - 01.   

1539  Death of Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (b. 1503) on May - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

1679  Esaias Reusner, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1700  On this day in history john Dryden, English poet/playwright (Rival Ladies), dies   

1703  On this day in history death of kiva Yoshinaka, Japanese monarch, murdered   

1731  On this day in history death of johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (b. 1677)   

1738  On May - 01 death of charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English statesman (b. c. 1669)   

1772  On this day in history 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 May - 01.   

1863  Edward Dorr Tracy, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 29 on this day in history.   

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

1872  On May - 01 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  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  Death of Nasr-ed-Din, shah of Persia (184.-96), murdered at 65 on May - 01.   

1898  On this day in history alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian, dies at 81   

1899  Death of Ludwig Büchner, German philosopher and physician (b. 1824) on this day in history.   

1902  On this day in history john Glover, English chemist (production sulfuric acid), dies at 85   

1903  Arthur Haygarth, cricketer (compiler of "Scores & Biographies"), dies on May - 01.   

1904  AntonínDvorak, Czech composer (Slavic Dancing), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1913  Death of John Barclay Armstrong, Texas Ranger and U.S. Marshal (b. 1850) on May - 01.   

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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  On May - 01 birth of magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80)   

1285  On May - 01 birth of edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326)   

1493  Phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10) was born on May - 01.   

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

1567  Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter was born on this day in history.   

1577  On May - 01 birth of francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer