Famous Deaths In May - 06

0523  Death of Thrasamunde, king of Vandalen on this day in history.   

0680  On May - 06 death of muawiyah I, caliph (b. 602)   

0988  On this day in history death of dirk II, West Frisian count of Holland   

1085  King Alfonso VI, of Leon conquered Toledo, dies on May - 06.   

1124  On this day in history death of balak, Emir of Aleppo, murdered   

1475  On this day in history dieric Bouts, Dutch painter, dies at about 64   

1502  Death of James Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower (executed) on May - 06.   

1527  On this day in history karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37   

1540  Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1596  Death of Giaches de Wert, Flemish composer (b. 1535) on this day in history.   

1620  Death of Hayyim ben Joseph Vital, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1543) on May - 06.   

1631  Death of Robert Bruce Cotton, English politician on May - 06.   

1638  On May - 06 cornelius Jansen, theologian (Jansenism), dies   

1642  On May - 06 frans Francken, the Younger, Flemish painter, dies on 61st birthday   

1666  Paul Siefert, composer, dies at 79 on May - 06.   

1667  On May - 06 johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer, dies at 50   

1678  On this day in history joseph de La Barre, composer, dies at 44   

1708  On this day in history death of françois de Laval, first bishop of New France (b. 1623)   

1727  Catharina I, Latvia tsarina of Russia, dies at about 42 on this day in history.   

1739  Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed), dies at 63 on May - 06.   

1757  Death of Maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705) on this day in history.   

1776  On May - 06 james Kent, composer, dies at 76   

1794  Jean-Jacques Beauvarget-Charpentier, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1814  George Joseph Vogler, composer, dies at 64 on May - 06.   

1836  Christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer, dies at 78 on May - 06.   

1840  On May - 06 death of francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian president and independence leader (b. 1792)   

1841  On this day in history john Thomson, composer, dies at 35   

1852  On May - 06 charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer, dies at 75   

1856  William Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies on this day in history.   

1859  On this day in history friedrich Heinrich Alexander, explorer/scientist, dies   

1862  Henry David Thoreau, US writer/pacifist (Walden Pond), dies at 44 on May - 06.   

1864  Henry Livermore Abbott, US Union brig-general, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1877  Death of Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet (b. 1804) on this day in history.   

1882  On May - 06 death of frederick Cavendish, assassinated by Fenian Invincibles, in Dublin   

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1397  On May - 06 birth of sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (d. 1450)   

1501  On this day in history birth of marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italy, humanist/Pope (1555, 22 days)   

1581  On this day in history birth of frans Francken, the Younger, painter   

1606  Lorenzo Lippi, [Perlone Zipoli], poet/painter was born on May - 06.   

1638  Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1696) was born on this day in history.   

1713  Charles Batteux, French philosopher (d. 1780) was born on May - 06.   

1758  On May - 06 birth of maximilien Robespierre, Arras Fr, French revolutionary/avocat (1781)   

1759  Francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician was born on this day in history.