Famous Deaths 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 May - 23 death of jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer   

1423  On this day in history benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies   

1498  Death of Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45 on May - 23.   

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

1524  Death of Ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487) on this day in history.   

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

1627  On this day in history luis de Gongora y Argote, poet/writer, dies   

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

1662  On May - 23 death of john Gauden, English bishop and writer (b. 1605)   

1668  On May - 23 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  On this day in history death of adrien Auzout, French astronomer (b. 1622)   

1701  Death of William Kidd, Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock on May - 23.   

1752  On this day in history death of william Bradford, English-born printer (b. 1663)   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1825  On this day in history death of ras Gugsa of Yejju, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia   

1834  On this day in history charles Wesley, composer, dies at 76   

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

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

1842  Jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet, dies at 34 on this day in history.   

1846  Death of Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Polish politician (b. 1778) on this day in history.   

1851  On this day in history lucas Pieter Roodbaard, architect, dies at 69   

1855  On this day in history 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  On May - 23 albert Richard Smith, author/lecturer, dies   

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

1868  Death of Kit Carson, American trapper, scout, and Indian agent (b. 1809) on May - 23.   

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1052  King Philip I of France (d. 1108) was born on May - 23.   

1100  On May - 23 birth of emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)   

1598  On this day in history birth of claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized   

1606  Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) was born on May - 23.   

1617  On May - 23 birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary   

1620  Pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

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

1696  On May - 23 birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer