Famous Deaths In May - 23

1125  Hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies on May - 23.   

1153  David I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68 on this day in history.   

1304  On May - 23 death of jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer   

1423  Benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies on this day in history.   

1498  Death of Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45 on this day in history.   

1523  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)   

1524  On this day in history death of ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487)   

1568  On May - 23 adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27   

1627  On May - 23 luis de Gongora y Argote, poet/writer, dies   

1648  On this day in history luis de Nain, painter, dies   

1662  On this day in history death of john Gauden, English bishop and writer (b. 1605)   

1668  On this day in history death of philips Wouwerman, Haarlems painter, buried   

1670  On May - 23 death of ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1610)   

1684  On May - 23 death of adriaen Backer, Amsterdams painter buried at about 48   

1691  Death of Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (b. 1622) on this day in history.   

1701  On May - 23 death of william Kidd, Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock   

1752  Death of William Bradford, English-born printer (b. 1663) on this day in history.   

1754  John Wood, architect/town planner, dies on May - 23.   

1783  James Otis, American lawyer, dies on this day in history.   

1785  William Woollett, engraver, dies on May - 23.   

1786  Death of Móric Beňovský, Slovak officer and explorer, King of Madagascar (b. 1746) on this day in history.   

1813  Death of Geraud Duroc, French general (b. 1772) on May - 23.   

1825  Death of Ras Gugsa of Yejju, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia on this day in history.   

1834  Charles Wesley, composer, dies at 76 on May - 23.   

1838  John W Janssens, gov-gen (Cape Colony), dies at 75 on May - 23.   

1841  Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 76 on May - 23.   

1842  On this day in history jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet, dies at 34   

1846  On this day in history death of franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Polish politician (b. 1778)   

1851  Lucas Pieter Roodbaard, architect, dies at 69 on May - 23.   

1855  On this day in history death of charles Robert Malden, English explorer (b. 1797)   

1857  Death of Augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician (b. 1789) on this day in history.   

1860  On this day in history albert Richard Smith, author/lecturer, dies   

1867  Archibald Alison, Scottish historian, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1868  On May - 23 death of kit Carson, American trapper, scout, and Indian agent (b. 1809)   

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1052  On this day in history birth of king Philip I of France (d. 1108)   

1100  On this day in history birth of emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)   

1598  On May - 23 birth of claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized   

1606  On this day in history birth of juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)   

1617  Elias Ashmole, antiquary was born on this day in history.   

1620  On May - 23 birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized   

1644  On this day in history birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer   

1696  On this day in history birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer