Famous Deaths Happened In May - 06

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

0680  On this day in history death of muawiyah I, caliph (b. 602)   

0988  On May - 06 death of dirk II, West Frisian count of Holland   

1085  On May - 06 king Alfonso VI, of Leon conquered Toledo, dies   

1124  Death of Balak, Emir of Aleppo, murdered on May - 06.   

1475  On May - 06 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 May - 06.   

1596  Death of Giaches de Wert, Flemish composer (b. 1535) on May - 06.   

1620  On this day in history death of hayyim ben Joseph Vital, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1543)   

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

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

1642  On this day in history 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  Joseph de La Barre, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1708  On May - 06 death of françois de Laval, first bishop of New France (b. 1623)   

1727  On this day in history catharina I, Latvia tsarina of Russia, dies at about 42   

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

1757  Death of Maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705) on May - 06.   

1776  James Kent, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1794  Jean-Jacques Beauvarget-Charpentier, composer, dies at 59 on May - 06.   

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

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

1840  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1877  Death of Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet (b. 1804) on May - 06.   

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

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1397  Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (d. 1450) was born on May - 06.   

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

1581  Frans Francken, the Younger, painter was born on this day in history.   

1606  Lorenzo Lippi, [Perlone Zipoli], poet/painter was born on this day in history.   

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

1713  On May - 06 birth of charles Batteux, French philosopher (d. 1780)   

1758  On this day in history birth of maximilien Robespierre, Arras Fr, French revolutionary/avocat (1781)   

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