This day in History - May 1

545 Historic Events for May 1
305 Event Emperor Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus Jovius of Rome resigns
1006 Event Supernova observed by Chinese and Egyptians in constellation Lupus
1048 Event Bishop Bernold flees St Pieterskerk for Utrecht Neth
1171 Death Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies
1238 Birth Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80)
1277 Death Stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies
1308 Death Albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered
1394 Event Ekiho, exorcised the Zen temple and it's surroundings from an old badger
1447 Death Louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies
1456 Death Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies
1471 Death Thomas a Kempis, spiritual writer (Navolging of Christ), dies at 91
1493 Birth Phillippus Paracelsus, Switzerland, physician/alchemist (or 11/10)
1523 Event Danish king Christian III arrives in Veere
1528 Event P nfilo the Narva‚z begins exploration to with 350 men to Florida
1544 Event Turkish troops occupy Hungary
1545 Birth Franciscus Junius, [Fran‡ois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist
1551 Event Council of Trente resumes
1555 Death Marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italian Pope (1555), dies at 53
1567 Birth Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter
1572 Death Pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri], great-inquisiteur/Pope (1566-72), dies
1577 Birth Fran‡ois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer
1582 Birth Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer
1592 Birth Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionaries/astronomer
1598 Event Jacob van Necks merchant fleet departs for Java
1620 Birth Mikl¢s Zr¡nyi, Hungarian general [or Jan 5]