Famous Deaths Happened In May - 23

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

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

1498  On May - 23 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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 May - 23 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  William Woollett, engraver, dies on this day in history.   

1786  On this day in history death of móric Beňovský, Slovak officer and explorer, King of Madagascar (b. 1746)   

1813  On this day in history death of geraud Duroc, French general (b. 1772)   

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  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 May - 23.   

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

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

1857  On May - 23 death of augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician (b. 1789)   

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

1867  On May - 23 archibald Alison, Scottish historian, dies at 74   

1868  Death of Kit Carson, American trapper, scout, and Indian agent (b. 1809) on this day in history.   

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1052  On May - 23 birth of king Philip I of France (d. 1108)   

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

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  Elias Ashmole, antiquary was born on May - 23.   

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.