Famous Deaths In June - 05

0535  Death of Epiphanius of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople on this day in history.   

0754  Boniface, [Winfrid], English saint/archbishop (Dokkum), dies at 79 on June - 05.   

1017  Death of Emperor Sanjō of Japan (b. 976) on June - 05.   

1118  On this day in history death of robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester   

1288  On this day in history hendrik VI, earl of Luxembourg/Laroche (1281-88), dies in battle   

1296  Death of Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (b. 1245) on this day in history.   

1383  Death of Dmitry Konstantinovich, Russian prince (b. 1324) on this day in history.   

1443  Ferdinand, Portuguese saint/slave to Fez, dies on June - 05.   

1568  Death of Lamoraal, earl of Egmont/prince of Gavere, beheaded on this day in history.   

1625  Orlando Gibbons, English organist/composer (Silver Swan), dies at 41 on June - 05.   

1667  On June - 05 pietro Sforza, Italian theologist (Assertiones Theologicae), dies   

1688  Death of Constantine Phaulkon, Greek adventurer (b. 1667) on June - 05.   

1716  Death of Roger Cotes, English mathematician (b. 1682) on this day in history.   

1722  Johann Kuhnau, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1738  Death of Isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor (b. 1659) on June - 05.   

1785  Gottfried August Homilius, composer, dies at 71 on June - 05.   

1791  Death of Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (b. 1718) on June - 05.   

1816  Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Serva Padrona), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1825  On this day in history death of odysseas Androutsos, hero in the Greek War of Independence   

1826  On this day in history carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber, composer (Oberon), dies at 39   

1852  Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki, composer, dies at 45 on June - 05.   

1861  John Garland, US Union colonel/brig-general, dies in battle on June - 05.   

1864  William Edmonson "Grumble" Jones, Conf brig-gen, dies in battle at 39 on this day in history.   

1866  Death of John McDouall Stuart, Australian explorer (b. 1815) on June - 05.   

1868  Anselm Huttenbrenner, composer, dies at 73 on June - 05.   

1880  On this day in history jacobus J Cremer, painter/author (Betuwsche Novellen), dies at 52   

1885  On June - 05 julius Benedict, composer (Protoghesi), dies at 80   

1894  On June - 05 immanuel Faisst, composer, dies at 70   

1898  On this day in history death of salvatore Ferragamo, Italian Shoemaker   

1900  Stephen Crane, author (Red Badge of Courage), dies at 28 on June - 05.   

1902  On this day in history death of louis J. Weichmann, chief witness in the trial of the assassins of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1842)   

1906  On June - 05 death of karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher (b. 1842)   

1908  On this day in history luca Fumagalli, composer, dies at 71   

1910  Death of O. Henry, American author (b. 1862) on June - 05.   

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1341  Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (d. 1402) was born on June - 05.   

1493  Justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (d. 1555) was born on June - 05.   

1523  Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry (d. 1573) was born on this day in history.   

1553  On June - 05 birth of bernardino Baldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1617)   

1554  On this day in history birth of elisabeth of Austria, queen consort of France (d. 1592)   

1640  On this day in history birth of pu Songling, Chinese writer (d. 1715)   

1646  On June - 05 birth of elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician (d. 1684)   

1660  On June - 05 birth of sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (d. 1744)