Famous Deaths In October - 05

0578  Justinus II, Byzantine emperor (565-78), dies on October - 05.   

1056  Henry III, RC German King (1039-56), dies on October - 05.   

1111  On October - 05 robrecht II of Jerusalem, Count of Flanders (1st Crusader), dies   

1112  On October - 05 death of sigebert of Gembloux, French chronicler   

1285  Philippe III, the Stout, King of France (1270-85), dies on this day in history.   

1399  Raymundus of Capua, Italian general, dies on October - 05.   

1496  Ferdinand II, king of Naples, dies on October - 05.   

1528  On October - 05 death of richard Foxe, English churchman   

1557  Il Bacchiacca, [Franceso Ubertini], Italian painter, dies at 63 on October - 05.   

1564  On October - 05 death of pierre de Manchicourt, Flemish composer   

1565  On October - 05 death of lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician (b. 1522)   

1606  Death of Philippe Desportes, French poet (b. 1546) on this day in history.   

1631  Arabella Holles, wife of English politician Thomas Wentworth, dies on this day in history.   

1707  On October - 05 daniel Speer, composer, dies at 71   

1714  Death of Kaibara Ekiken, Japanese philosopher (b. 1630) on October - 05.   

1740  On October - 05 death of johann Philipp Baratier, German scholar (b. 1721)   

1763  On October - 05 august III, king of Poland, dies at 66   

1777  Death of Ján Andrej Segner, Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician (b. 1704) on October - 05.   

1787  On this day in history thomas Stone, US attorney/signer (Dec of Ind), dies at about 44   

1791  Death of Grigori Potemkin, Russian statesman (b. 1739) on October - 05.   

1799  Antonio Dinis da Cruz e Silva, Portuguese poet (O Hissope), dies at 68 on October - 05.   

1805  On this day in history death of charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, British general (b. 1738)   

1813  Etienne Ozi, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1837  Hortense de Beauharnais, French queen of Neth (1806-10), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1848  On this day in history death of joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (b. 1781)   

1861  Death of Antoni Melchior FijaÅ‚kowski, Polish bishop (b. 1778) on this day in history.   

1867  Thomas Taglichsbeck, composer, dies at 67 on October - 05.   

1880  Death of Jacques Offenbach, German-born composer (b. 1819) on October - 05.   

1892  Bill Powers, US member of Daltonbende, dies on this day in history.   

1899  On October - 05 johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer, dies at 57   

1911  On October - 05 charles-Theodore Malherbe, composer, dies at 58   

1913  Death of Hans von Bartels, German painter (b. 1856) on October - 05.   

1915  On this day in history jose Maria Usandizaga, composer, dies at 28   

1918  On this day in history roland Garros, French stunt flyer, dies   

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1458  On this day in history birth of kazimierz de Saint, Polish ruler/saint   

1609  Paul Fleming, writer was born on this day in history.   

1626  Johann Schop, composer was born on this day in history.   

1641  On this day in history birth of françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of King Louis XIV of France (d. 1707)   

1658  On this day in history birth of mary of Modena, queen of James II of England (d. 1718)   

1684  On this day in history birth of johann Jacob de Neufville, composer   

1695  On October - 05 birth of john Glas, Scottish minister (d. 1773)   

1703  On this day in history birth of jonathan Edwards, US, theologian/philosopher (Original Sin)