Famous Deaths Happened In May - 06

0523  On May - 06 death of thrasamunde, king of Vandalen   

0680  Death of Muawiyah I, caliph (b. 602) on May - 06.   

0988  Death of Dirk II, West Frisian count of Holland on May - 06.   

1085  On this day in history king Alfonso VI, of Leon conquered Toledo, dies   

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  On this day in history jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48   

1596  On this day in history death of giaches de Wert, Flemish composer (b. 1535)   

1620  Death of Hayyim ben Joseph Vital, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1543) on this day in history.   

1631  Death of Robert Bruce Cotton, English politician on this day in history.   

1638  Cornelius Jansen, theologian (Jansenism), dies on May - 06.   

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 this day in history johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer, dies at 50   

1678  On May - 06 joseph de La Barre, composer, dies at 44   

1708  Death of François de Laval, first bishop of New France (b. 1623) on this day in history.   

1727  Catharina I, Latvia tsarina of Russia, dies at about 42 on May - 06.   

1739  On May - 06 bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed), dies at 63   

1757  On this day in history death of maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705)   

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

1794  On May - 06 jean-Jacques Beauvarget-Charpentier, composer, dies at 59   

1814  On May - 06 george Joseph Vogler, composer, dies at 64   

1836  On May - 06 christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer, dies at 78   

1840  Death of Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian president and independence leader (b. 1792) on May - 06.   

1841  On May - 06 john Thomson, composer, dies at 35   

1852  On this day in history charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer, dies at 75   

1856  On May - 06 william Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies   

1859  Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, explorer/scientist, dies on this day in history.   

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

1864  On May - 06 henry Livermore Abbott, US Union brig-general, dies in battle   

1877  On this day in history death of johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet (b. 1804)   

1882  Death of Frederick Cavendish, assassinated by Fenian Invincibles, in Dublin on this day in history.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

1397  Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (d. 1450) was born on this day in history.   

1501  Marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italy, humanist/Pope (1555, 22 days) was born on May - 06.   

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

1606  On this day in history birth of lorenzo Lippi, [Perlone Zipoli], poet/painter   

1638  On this day in history birth of henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1696)   

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

1758  Maximilien Robespierre, Arras Fr, French revolutionary/avocat (1781) was born on this day in history.   

1759  On this day in history birth of francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician