Famous Deaths In May - 07

0685  Marwan I ibn al-Hakam, 4th kalief of Omajjaden (684-85), dies on this day in history.   

0973  On May - 07 otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at 60   

1092  Death of Remigius de Fécamp, first bishop of Lincoln (b. unknown) on May - 07.   

1166  On this day in history death of willem I, the Bad, king of Sicily (1154-66)   

1205  On this day in history ladislaus III Arpad, King of Hungary (1204-05), dies at 5 or 6   

1427  Death of Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English churchman on May - 07.   

1523  Franz von Sickingen, Germ knight/protect of poor, dies of wounds at 42 on May - 07.   

1539  On this day in history death of guru Nanak Dev, Founder of Sikhism (b. 1469)   

1617  David Fabricius, German astronomer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1667  On May - 07 johann Jakob Froberger, German organist/singer/composer, dies at 50   

1671  Edward Montagu, English baron Kimbolton, dies at about 68 on this day in history.   

1673  Johannes Teellinck, Dutch vicar, dies at about 58 on May - 07.   

1682  Death of Tsar Feodor III of Russia (b. 1661) on this day in history.   

1718  On this day in history death of mary of Modena, wife of James II of England (b. 1658)   

1736  On May - 07 john Weldon, composer, dies at 60   

1792  Aert Schouman, Dutch bird/portrait painter, dies at 82 on May - 07.   

1793  On this day in history johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt admiral (battle of Doggersbank), dies at 68   

1800  Laurens P van Spiegel, regent/pension advisor (1787-95), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1805  Death of William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1737) on this day in history.   

1814  Franz Volrath Buttstett, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1818  On May - 07 leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer, dies at 70   

1825  On this day in history antonio Salieri, Italian composer, dies in Vienna at 74   

1836  On this day in history norbert Burgmuller, composer, dies at 26   

1840  On May - 07 death of caspar David Friedrich, German painter (b. 1774)   

1863  Amiel Weeks Whipple, US Union gen-major, dies of injuries at 46 on May - 07.   

1868  On May - 07 death of henry Peter Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778)   

1871  Louis Papineau, political reformer, dies on this day in history.   

1876  On May - 07 franz count of Pocci, German artist/composer (Alchemist), dies at 69   

1884  On this day in history judah P Benjamin, confederate minister of War, dies at 72   

1887  On this day in history death of c. F. W. Walther, American Lutheran theologian (b. 1811)   

1896  Death of H. H. Holmes (Herman Webster Mudgett) , American serial killer (b. 1860) on May - 07.   

1900  On this day in history richard Storrs Willis, composer, dies at 81   

1904  Peter Hille, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1914  On May - 07 edward Mollenhauer, composer, dies at 87   

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1328  On this day in history birth of louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1365)   

1530  On this day in history birth of louis I Condé, French prince/leader of hugenots   

1574  Innocent X, [Giambattista Pamfili], 236th pope (1644-55) was born on this day in history.   

1643  On May - 07 birth of stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700)   

1700  On this day in history birth of gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist   

1704  On this day in history birth of carl Heinrich Graun, composer   

1724  On this day in history birth of dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797)   

1740  Nikolai Arkharov, Russian general (d. 1814) was born on May - 07.