Historical Events In May - 01

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

0526  Antioch earthquake in Byzantine Empire (now Turkey) killing =300,000 people on this day in history.   

1006  On this day in history supernova observed by Chinese &Egyptians in constellation Lupus   

1006  Supernova observed by Chinese & Egyptians in constellation Lupus on May - 01.   

1048  On this day in history bishop Bernold flees St Pieterskerk for Utrecht Netherlands   

1048  On this day in history bishop Bernold flees St Pieterskerk for Utrecht Neth   

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

1238  On May - 01 magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80)   

1240  Jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals on this day in history.   

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

1308  On May - 01 albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered   

1328  Wars of Scottish Independence end: Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton on this day in history.   

1394  Ekiho, exorcised the Zen temple &it's surroundings from an old badger on this day in history.   

1394  Ekiho, exorcised the Zen temple & it's surroundings from an old badger on May - 01.   

1447  Louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies on this day in history.   

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

1471  On May - 01 thomas a Kempis, spiritual writer (Navolging of Christ), dies at 91   

1493  Phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10) on this day in history.   

1523  Danish king Christian III arrives in Veere on May - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

1544  Turkish troops occupy Hungary on May - 01.   

1545  On May - 01 franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist   

1551  On this day in history council of Trente resumes   

1555  On May - 01 marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italian Pope (1555), dies at 53   

1567  On May - 01 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  On May - 01 francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer   

1582  On May - 01 marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer   

1592  On May - 01 johann A Schall von Bell, German missionaries/astronomer   

1594  On this day in history john Haynes, Massachusetts colonial magistrate   

1598  Jacob van Necks merchant fleet departs for Java on May - 01.   

1625  On this day in history portuguese &Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador (Bahia)   

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

1285  Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326) was born on May - 01.   

1493  On May - 01 birth of phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10)   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1447  On this day in history louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies   

1456  On May - 01 hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies