Famous Deaths Happened In May - 01

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

1118  On May - 01 death of edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c. 1080)   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

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  Pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri], great-inquisiteur/Pope (1566-72), dies on this day in history.   

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

1731  Death of Johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (b. 1677) on this day in history.   

1738  Death of Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English statesman (b. c. 1669) on this day in history.   

1772  On this day in history gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52   

1813  On May - 01 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 this day in history.   

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  On May - 01 david Livingstone, British physician/explorer (Africa), dies at 60   

1874  On this day in history vilem Blodek, composer, dies at 39   

1886  On this day in history death of conrad Busken Huet, writer (Country of Rubens)   

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 May - 01.   

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  On May - 01 arthur Haygarth, cricketer (compiler of "Scores & Biographies"), dies   

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  On this day in history birth of john I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257)   

1218  On this day in history birth of rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291)   

1238  Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1567  On May - 01 birth of michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter   

1577  Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer was born on May - 01.