Famous Deaths In May - 13

0384  Servatius/Aravatius, bishop of Tongeren, dies at 65+ on May - 13.   

1162  Death of Géza II of Hungary on May - 13.   

1176  Death of Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1119) on May - 13.   

1312  Death of Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1263) on May - 13.   

1381  John of Chatillon, governor/viceroy of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

1390  On this day in history robert II the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90), dies   

1573  On this day in history death of takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (b. 1521)   

1619  On this day in history death of johan van Oldenbarnevelt, lands advocate, beheaded   

1704  Death of Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (b. 1632) on May - 13.   

1732  On May - 13 theodor Schwartzkopff, composer, dies at 72   

1742  On this day in history death of ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1719)   

1776  On this day in history anton de Haen, medical Ratio medendi, dies at 71   

1787  On this day in history johann Michael Malzat, composer, dies at 38   

1793  Martin Gerbert, composer, dies at 72 on May - 13.   

1807  On this day in history death of eliphalet Dyer, American statesman and judge (b. 1721)   

1812  Johann Matthias Sperger, composer, dies at 62 on May - 13.   

1831  On this day in history christian G Korner, German lawyer, dies at 74   

1832  Death of Georges Cuvier, French naturalist (b. 1769) on this day in history.   

1835  John Nash, British town planner/architect (Regent's Park), dies on May - 13.   

1839  On May - 13 israel Ashkenazi of Shklov, found Ashkenazic community (1815), dies   

1864  Junius Daniel, Confederate brig-general, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1866  On this day in history death of nikolai Brashman, Russian mathematician (b. 1796)   

1873  On this day in history kaspar Masek, composer, dies at 79   

1882  On May - 13 death of jules-Nicolas Crevaux, French explorer, murdered at 35   

1884  On this day in history cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor, dies   

1885  Juliana Horatia [Gatty] Ewing, author (Lob Lie-by-the-Fire), dies on this day in history.   

1892  Jean Alexander Ferdinand Poise, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1896  On this day in history nora Perry, writer, dies   

1901  Death of Leopoldo Alas y Ureña, a.k.a. "Clarín", Spanish novelist and literary critic (b. 1851) on May - 13.   

1904  On this day in history jan Boissevain, ship owner/politician, dies   

1914  R E Foster, only dual England captain at cricket & soccer, dies on May - 13.   

1916  On May - 13 sholem Aleichem, yiddish writer (Fiddler on the Roof), dies   

1921  On this day in history death of jean Aicard, French poet and novelist (b. 1848)   

1925  Boris V Savinkov, Russian writer/terrorist, dies on this day in history.   

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1024  Hugh of Cluny, French saint (d. 1109) was born on May - 13.   

1254  On this day in history birth of maria of Brabant, queen of France (d. 1321)   

1314  Sergius of Radonesh, Russian saint was born on May - 13.   

1588  Ole Worm, Danish physician (d. 1654) was born on May - 13.   

1592  On this day in history birth of john Cloppenburg, vicar/theologist   

1638  On this day in history birth of richard Simon, French Biblical critic (d. 1712)   

1655  Innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Italy, 244th Pope (1721-24) was born on this day in history.   

1699  On this day in history birth of marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1782)