Famous Deaths Happened In May - 23

1125  On this day in history hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies   

1153  On this day in history david I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68   

1304  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45   

1523  Death of Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466) on May - 23.   

1524  On May - 23 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  Luis de Nain, painter, dies on May - 23.   

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

1668  Death of Philips Wouwerman, Haarlems painter, buried on May - 23.   

1670  Death of Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1610) on this day in history.   

1684  Death of Adriaen Backer, Amsterdams painter buried at about 48 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of william Bradford, English-born printer (b. 1663)   

1754  John Wood, architect/town planner, dies on this day in history.   

1783  James Otis, American lawyer, dies on May - 23.   

1785  On May - 23 william Woollett, engraver, dies   

1786  On May - 23 death of móric Beňovský, Slovak officer and explorer, King of Madagascar (b. 1746)   

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

1825  On May - 23 death of ras Gugsa of Yejju, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia   

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

1838  On May - 23 john W Janssens, gov-gen (Cape Colony), dies at 75   

1841  On this day in history franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 76   

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  On May - 23 lucas Pieter Roodbaard, architect, dies at 69   

1855  On May - 23 death of charles Robert Malden, English explorer (b. 1797)   

1857  On this day in history death of augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician (b. 1789)   

1860  Albert Richard Smith, author/lecturer, dies on this day in history.   

1867  On this day in history archibald Alison, Scottish historian, dies at 74   

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  On May - 23 birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary   

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 May - 23 birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer