Famous Deaths Happened In May - 01

0408  On this day in history death of arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338)   

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  On this day in history 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  On May - 01 death of albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered   

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

1456  On this day in history hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies   

1471  Thomas a Kempis, spiritual writer (Navolging of Christ), dies at 91 on May - 01.   

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 May - 01 esaias Reusner, composer, dies at 43   

1700  On this day in history john Dryden, English poet/playwright (Rival Ladies), dies   

1703  On this day in history death of kiva Yoshinaka, Japanese monarch, murdered   

1731  On this day in history death of johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (b. 1677)   

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 this day in history 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 May - 01.   

1863  On this day in history edward Dorr Tracy, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 29   

1870  Death of Francisco Solano Lopez, fieldmarshal/president of Paraguay on May - 01.   

1872  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

1896  On this day in history death of nasr-ed-Din, shah of Persia (184.-96), murdered at 65   

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

1899  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.   

1218  On May - 01 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 May - 01.   

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  On this day in history birth of franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist   

1567  Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter was born on this day in history.   

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