Famous Deaths In May - 01

0408  Death of Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338) on this day in history.   

1118  Death of Edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080) on May - 01.   

1171  Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies on May - 01.   

1240  Death of 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 this day in history death of albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered   

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

1456  Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies on this day in history.   

1471  Thomas a Kempis, spiritual writer (Navolging of Christ), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1539  Death of Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (b. 1503) on this day in history.   

1555  Marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italian Pope (1555), dies at 53 on May - 01.   

1572  Pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri], great-inquisiteur/Pope (1566-72), dies on May - 01.   

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  Death of Kiva Yoshinaka, Japanese monarch, murdered on May - 01.   

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  Death of Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French marshal (killed in combat) (b. 1768) on May - 01.   

1831  On May - 01 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  On this day in history death of francisco Solano Lopez, fieldmarshal/president of Paraguay   

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 this day in history.   

1886  Death of Conrad Busken Huet, writer (Country of Rubens) on this day in history.   

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  On May - 01 death of ludwig Büchner, German philosopher and physician (b. 1824)   

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

1903  Arthur Haygarth, cricketer (compiler of "Scores & Biographies"), dies on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history antonínDvorak, Czech composer (Slavic Dancing), dies at 62   

1913  On this day in history death of john Barclay Armstrong, Texas Ranger and U.S. Marshal (b. 1850)   

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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 this day in history.   

1285  Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.   

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  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.