Famous Birthdays In May - 01
Wednesday, 30 October 2024
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 May - 01.
1238 On May - 01 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 May - 01.
1545 Franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist was born on this day in history.
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
1582 On this day in history birth of marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer
1592 Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionaries/astronomer was born on this day in history.
1594 John Haynes, Massachusetts colonial magistrate was born on this day in history.
1672 On May - 01 birth of joseph Addison, England, essayist (Spectator)
1735 On this day in history birth of john H van Kinsbergen, Dutch lt-admiral/founder of Dutch Marines Corp
1738 On May - 01 birth of king Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii (d. 1819)
1759 Jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US predictor was born on May - 01.
1764 On May - 01 birth of benjamin Henry Latrobe, engineer/architect (built Capitol)
1764 On this day in history birth of gottfried Rieger, composer
1769 On May - 01 birth of arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, British PM (C) (1828-30)
1771 On this day in history birth of george Guest, composer
1775 On this day in history birth of jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn, composer
1800 On this day in history birth of ret Thomas Aloysius Dornin, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1874
1804 Aleksey Khomyakov, Russian poet (d. 1860) was born on this day in history.
1807 On May - 01 birth of john Bankhead "Prince John" Magruder, Major General (Confederate Army)
1818 Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet was born on May - 01.
1819 On May - 01 birth of william Steele, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885
1825 On this day in history birth of george Inness, US landscape painter (Delaware Water Gap)
1829 Jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice was born on this day in history.
1830 Mother (Mary Harris) Jones, US reformer and labor organizer was born on this day in history.
1831 On this day in history birth of emily Stowe, Canadian physician and suffragist (d. 1903)
1835 Alfred Napoleon Alexander "Natti" Duffie, Brig Gen (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.
1839 Chardonnet, inventor (rayon) was born on this day in history.
1850 Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Governor General of Canada (d. 1942) was born on this day in history.
1851 On this day in history birth of laza Lazarević, Serbian writer and psychiatrist (d. 1891)
1852 On this day in history birth of calamity [Martha] Jane [Burke], frontier adventurer/indian fighter