Famous Deaths In May - 07

0685  Marwan I ibn al-Hakam, 4th kalief of Omajjaden (684-85), dies on May - 07.   

0973  On May - 07 otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at 60   

1092  On this day in history death of remigius de Fécamp, first bishop of Lincoln (b. unknown)   

1166  On this day in history death of willem I, the Bad, king of Sicily (1154-66)   

1205  On this day in history ladislaus III Arpad, King of Hungary (1204-05), dies at 5 or 6   

1427  Death of Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English churchman on this day in history.   

1523  On May - 07 franz von Sickingen, Germ knight/protect of poor, dies of wounds at 42   

1539  Death of Guru Nanak Dev, Founder of Sikhism (b. 1469) on May - 07.   

1617  On this day in history david Fabricius, German astronomer, dies at 53   

1667  Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist/singer/composer, dies at 50 on May - 07.   

1671  On this day in history edward Montagu, English baron Kimbolton, dies at about 68   

1673  Johannes Teellinck, Dutch vicar, dies at about 58 on this day in history.   

1682  On this day in history death of tsar Feodor III of Russia (b. 1661)   

1718  Death of Mary of Modena, wife of James II of England (b. 1658) on this day in history.   

1736  John Weldon, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1792  Aert Schouman, Dutch bird/portrait painter, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1793  On this day in history johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt admiral (battle of Doggersbank), dies at 68   

1800  On this day in history laurens P van Spiegel, regent/pension advisor (1787-95), dies at 64   

1805  Death of William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1737) on this day in history.   

1814  Franz Volrath Buttstett, composer, dies at 79 on May - 07.   

1818  Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer, dies at 70 on May - 07.   

1825  Antonio Salieri, Italian composer, dies in Vienna at 74 on May - 07.   

1836  On May - 07 norbert Burgmuller, composer, dies at 26   

1840  Death of Caspar David Friedrich, German painter (b. 1774) on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history amiel Weeks Whipple, US Union gen-major, dies of injuries at 46   

1868  On this day in history death of henry Peter Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778)   

1871  Louis Papineau, political reformer, dies on May - 07.   

1876  On this day in history franz count of Pocci, German artist/composer (Alchemist), dies at 69   

1884  Judah P Benjamin, confederate minister of War, dies at 72 on May - 07.   

1887  Death of C. F. W. Walther, American Lutheran theologian (b. 1811) on May - 07.   

1896  On this day in history death of h. H. Holmes (Herman Webster Mudgett) , American serial killer (b. 1860)   

1900  Richard Storrs Willis, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history peter Hille, writer, dies   

1914  Edward Mollenhauer, composer, dies at 87 on May - 07.   

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1328  On this day in history birth of louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1365)   

1530  On May - 07 birth of louis I Condé, French prince/leader of hugenots   

1574  Innocent X, [Giambattista Pamfili], 236th pope (1644-55) was born on this day in history.   

1643  Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700) was born on this day in history.   

1700  On this day in history birth of gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist   

1704  Carl Heinrich Graun, composer was born on this day in history.   

1724  Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797) was born on May - 07.   

1740  Nikolai Arkharov, Russian general (d. 1814) was born on May - 07.