Famous Deaths Happened In May - 23

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

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

1304  Death of Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer on this day in history.   

1423  Benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies on May - 23.   

1498  On this day in history death of girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45   

1523  On May - 23 death of ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)   

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

1568  Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27 on this day in history.   

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

1648  On May - 23 luis de Nain, painter, dies   

1662  Death of John Gauden, English bishop and writer (b. 1605) on May - 23.   

1668  On May - 23 death of philips Wouwerman, Haarlems painter, buried   

1670  Death of Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1610) on May - 23.   

1684  On this day in history death of adriaen Backer, Amsterdams painter buried at about 48   

1691  On May - 23 death of adrien Auzout, French astronomer (b. 1622)   

1701  On this day in history 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  On May - 23 john Wood, architect/town planner, dies   

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  On May - 23 death of geraud Duroc, French general (b. 1772)   

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

1834  On May - 23 charles Wesley, composer, dies at 76   

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

1841  On May - 23 franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 76   

1842  Jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet, dies at 34 on May - 23.   

1846  On May - 23 death of franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Polish politician (b. 1778)   

1851  On May - 23 lucas Pieter Roodbaard, architect, dies at 69   

1855  Death of Charles Robert Malden, English explorer (b. 1797) on this day in history.   

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

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

1598  Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer