Famous Deaths Happened In May - 01

0408  Death of Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338) on May - 01.   

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

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 May - 01.   

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

1539  On this day in history death of isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (b. 1503)   

1555  On this day in history marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italian Pope (1555), dies at 53   

1572  On May - 01 pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri], great-inquisiteur/Pope (1566-72), dies   

1679  On this day in history esaias Reusner, composer, dies at 43   

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 May - 01.   

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

1772  On May - 01 gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52   

1813  Death of Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French marshal (killed in combat) (b. 1768) on this day in history.   

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

1872  On May - 01 amalia, princess of Weimar/wife of prince Hendrik the Navigator, dies   

1873  On this day in history david Livingstone, British physician/explorer (Africa), dies at 60   

1874  On May - 01 vilem Blodek, composer, dies at 39   

1886  On May - 01 death of conrad Busken Huet, writer (Country of Rubens)   

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  Alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian, dies at 81 on May - 01.   

1899  Death of Ludwig Büchner, German philosopher and physician (b. 1824) on this day in history.   

1902  On this day in history john Glover, English chemist (production sulfuric acid), dies at 85   

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  Death of John Barclay Armstrong, Texas Ranger and U.S. Marshal (b. 1850) on May - 01.   

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

1218  Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291) was born on May - 01.   

1238  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.