Famous Deaths In May - 13

0384  Servatius/Aravatius, bishop of Tongeren, dies at 65+ on this day in history.   

1162  On this day in history death of géza II of Hungary   

1176  Death of Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1119) on May - 13.   

1312  On this day in history death of theobald II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1263)   

1381  On this day in history john of Chatillon, governor/viceroy of Holland, dies   

1390  Robert II the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90), dies on May - 13.   

1573  On May - 13 death of takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (b. 1521)   

1619  Death of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, lands advocate, beheaded on May - 13.   

1704  Death of Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (b. 1632) on May - 13.   

1732  On May - 13 theodor Schwartzkopff, composer, dies at 72   

1742  On this day in history death of ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1719)   

1776  On this day in history anton de Haen, medical Ratio medendi, dies at 71   

1787  Johann Michael Malzat, composer, dies at 38 on May - 13.   

1793  Martin Gerbert, composer, dies at 72 on May - 13.   

1807  On this day in history death of eliphalet Dyer, American statesman and judge (b. 1721)   

1812  On May - 13 johann Matthias Sperger, composer, dies at 62   

1831  On this day in history christian G Korner, German lawyer, dies at 74   

1832  On May - 13 death of georges Cuvier, French naturalist (b. 1769)   

1835  John Nash, British town planner/architect (Regent's Park), dies on this day in history.   

1839  On this day in history israel Ashkenazi of Shklov, found Ashkenazic community (1815), dies   

1864  Junius Daniel, Confederate brig-general, dies at 35 on May - 13.   

1866  Death of Nikolai Brashman, Russian mathematician (b. 1796) on this day in history.   

1873  Kaspar Masek, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1882  Death of Jules-Nicolas Crevaux, French explorer, murdered at 35 on May - 13.   

1884  On this day in history cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor, dies   

1885  Juliana Horatia [Gatty] Ewing, author (Lob Lie-by-the-Fire), dies on May - 13.   

1892  Jean Alexander Ferdinand Poise, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1896  On May - 13 nora Perry, writer, dies   

1901  Death of Leopoldo Alas y Ureña, a.k.a. "Clarín", Spanish novelist and literary critic (b. 1851) on May - 13.   

1904  On this day in history jan Boissevain, ship owner/politician, dies   

1914  On May - 13 r E Foster, only dual England captain at cricket & soccer, dies   

1916  On this day in history sholem Aleichem, yiddish writer (Fiddler on the Roof), dies   

1921  On May - 13 death of jean Aicard, French poet and novelist (b. 1848)   

1925  On May - 13 boris V Savinkov, Russian writer/terrorist, dies   

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1024  On this day in history birth of hugh of Cluny, French saint (d. 1109)   

1254  Maria of Brabant, queen of France (d. 1321) was born on this day in history.   

1314  Sergius of Radonesh, Russian saint was born on this day in history.   

1588  Ole Worm, Danish physician (d. 1654) was born on this day in history.   

1592  On May - 13 birth of john Cloppenburg, vicar/theologist   

1638  Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (d. 1712) was born on this day in history.   

1655  On May - 13 birth of innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Italy, 244th Pope (1721-24)   

1699  Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1782) was born on May - 13.