Famous Deaths In May - 13

0384  On May - 13 servatius/Aravatius, bishop of Tongeren, dies at 65+   

1162  On May - 13 death of géza II of Hungary   

1176  On this day in history death of matthias I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1119)   

1312  Death of Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1263) on this day in history.   

1381  John of Chatillon, governor/viceroy of Holland, dies on May - 13.   

1390  Robert II the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90), dies on May - 13.   

1573  On May - 13 death of takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (b. 1521)   

1619  Death of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, lands advocate, beheaded on May - 13.   

1704  Death of Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (b. 1632) on May - 13.   

1732  On this day in history theodor Schwartzkopff, composer, dies at 72   

1742  On this day in history death of ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1719)   

1776  On this day in history anton de Haen, medical Ratio medendi, dies at 71   

1787  On this day in history johann Michael Malzat, composer, dies at 38   

1793  Martin Gerbert, composer, dies at 72 on May - 13.   

1807  On this day in history death of eliphalet Dyer, American statesman and judge (b. 1721)   

1812  Johann Matthias Sperger, composer, dies at 62 on May - 13.   

1831  On May - 13 christian G Korner, German lawyer, dies at 74   

1832  Death of Georges Cuvier, French naturalist (b. 1769) on May - 13.   

1835  John Nash, British town planner/architect (Regent's Park), dies on May - 13.   

1839  Israel Ashkenazi of Shklov, found Ashkenazic community (1815), dies on this day in history.   

1864  On this day in history junius Daniel, Confederate brig-general, dies at 35   

1866  On May - 13 death of nikolai Brashman, Russian mathematician (b. 1796)   

1873  Kaspar Masek, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1882  Death of Jules-Nicolas Crevaux, French explorer, murdered at 35 on this day in history.   

1884  Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor, dies on May - 13.   

1885  On May - 13 juliana Horatia [Gatty] Ewing, author (Lob Lie-by-the-Fire), dies   

1892  Jean Alexander Ferdinand Poise, composer, dies at 63 on May - 13.   

1896  Nora Perry, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history death of leopoldo Alas y Ureña, a.k.a. "Clarín", Spanish novelist and literary critic (b. 1851)   

1904  On this day in history jan Boissevain, ship owner/politician, dies   

1914  R E Foster, only dual England captain at cricket & soccer, dies on this day in history.   

1916  On May - 13 sholem Aleichem, yiddish writer (Fiddler on the Roof), dies   

1921  Death of Jean Aicard, French poet and novelist (b. 1848) on May - 13.   

1925  On this day in history boris V Savinkov, Russian writer/terrorist, dies   

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1024  Hugh of Cluny, French saint (d. 1109) was born on this day in history.   

1254  On this day in history birth of maria of Brabant, queen of France (d. 1321)   

1314  On May - 13 birth of sergius of Radonesh, Russian saint   

1588  On May - 13 birth of ole Worm, Danish physician (d. 1654)   

1592  John Cloppenburg, vicar/theologist was born on this day in history.   

1638  Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (d. 1712) was born on May - 13.   

1655  On May - 13 birth of innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Italy, 244th Pope (1721-24)   

1699  On this day in history birth of marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1782)