Famous Deaths Happened 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 this day in history.   

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  Death of Albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered on May - 01.   

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

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

1471  On this day in history thomas a Kempis, spiritual writer (Navolging of Christ), dies at 91   

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  On May - 01 pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri], great-inquisiteur/Pope (1566-72), dies   

1679  Esaias Reusner, composer, dies at 43 on May - 01.   

1700  John Dryden, English poet/playwright (Rival Ladies), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1831  On May - 01 antonius van Alphen, apostle vicar of De Bosch, dies at 82   

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

1870  On May - 01 death of francisco Solano Lopez, fieldmarshal/president of Paraguay   

1872  Amalia, princess of Weimar/wife of prince Hendrik the Navigator, dies on May - 01.   

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  Willem A Scholten, manufacturer (potatoes), dies at 89 on May - 01.   

1896  Death of Nasr-ed-Din, shah of Persia (184.-96), murdered at 65 on May - 01.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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1218  John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257) was born on May - 01.   

1218  On May - 01 birth of rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291)   

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

1285  On this day in history birth of edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326)   

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