Famous Deaths Happened 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 May - 06 death of dirk II, West Frisian count of Holland   

1085  King Alfonso VI, of Leon conquered Toledo, dies on this day in history.   

1124  Death of Balak, Emir of Aleppo, murdered on this day in history.   

1475  Dieric Bouts, Dutch painter, dies at about 64 on this day in history.   

1502  On this day in history death of james Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower (executed)   

1527  Karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37 on May - 06.   

1540  On this day in history jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48   

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

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  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  On this day in history paul Siefert, composer, dies at 79   

1667  Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1678  Joseph de La Barre, composer, dies at 44 on May - 06.   

1708  Death of François de Laval, first bishop of New France (b. 1623) on May - 06.   

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

1739  On this day in history bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed), dies at 63   

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

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

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

1814  George Joseph Vogler, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

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

1841  John Thomson, composer, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1852  Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

1859  On May - 06 friedrich Heinrich Alexander, explorer/scientist, dies   

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

1864  On this day in history henry Livermore Abbott, US Union brig-general, dies in battle   

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

1882  On this day in history 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  On May - 06 birth of marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italy, humanist/Pope (1555, 22 days)   

1581  Frans Francken, the Younger, painter was born on May - 06.   

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

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  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