Famous Deaths Happened In May - 23

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

1153  On May - 23 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 May - 23.   

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 May - 23.   

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

1627  Luis de Gongora y Argote, poet/writer, dies on this day in history.   

1648  Luis de Nain, painter, dies on this day in history.   

1662  Death of John Gauden, English bishop and writer (b. 1605) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1684  Death of Adriaen Backer, Amsterdams painter buried at about 48 on May - 23.   

1691  Death of Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (b. 1622) on May - 23.   

1701  Death of William Kidd, Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1785  On May - 23 william Woollett, engraver, dies   

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

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

1838  John W Janssens, gov-gen (Cape Colony), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

1842  On May - 23 jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet, dies at 34   

1846  Death of Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Polish politician (b. 1778) on May - 23.   

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

1855  Death of Charles Robert Malden, English explorer (b. 1797) on May - 23.   

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

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

1867  Archibald Alison, Scottish historian, dies at 74 on May - 23.   

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  Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161) was born on this day in history.   

1598  Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized was born on May - 23.   

1606  Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.   

1617  On May - 23 birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary   

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

1644  Thomas Eisenhut, composer was born on May - 23.   

1696  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on May - 23.