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Famous Deaths In May - 14
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
1470 On this day in history death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) Share it »
1565 Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies on this day in history. Share it »
1574 On this day in history death of guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479) Share it »
1608 On this day in history death of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543) Share it »
1610 Death of Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56 on this day in history. Share it »
1643 Louis XIII, king of France (1610-43), dies at 41 on this day in history. Share it »
1649 Death of Friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian (b. 1600) on this day in history. Share it »
1669 Death of Georges de Scudéry, French writer (b. 1601) on this day in history. Share it »
1688 On this day in history death of antoine Furetière, French writer (b. 1619) Share it »
1726 John B Wellekens, poet/painter (Wedding Guests), dies on this day in history. Share it »
1742 On this day in history dominique Marie Valet, French RC/old-catholic bishop, dies at 64 Share it »
1754 On this day in history death of pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (b. 1692) Share it »
1761 On this day in history thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rule of Simpson), dies at 50 Share it »
1801 Johann Ernst Altenburg, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history. Share it »
1818 On this day in history death of matthew Gregory Lewis, English novelist (b. 1775) Share it »
1820 Paul Friedrich Struck, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history. Share it »
1832 On this day in history death of john van Speijk, Dutch heroic sailor, buried Share it »
1833 On this day in history johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer, dies at 88 Share it »
1847 On this day in history fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer, dies at 41 Share it »
1860 On this day in history death of ludwig Bechstein, German writer (b. 1801) Share it »
1863 On this day in history emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, composer, dies at 46 Share it »
1864 William N Green Jr, Union brig-general, dies on this day in history. Share it »
1870 On this day in history ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer, dies at 69 Share it »
1873 Death of Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and writer (b. 1797) on this day in history. Share it »
1877 John Roberts, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history. Share it »
1878 On this day in history death of ookubo Toshimichi, Japanese statesman, samurai, and one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration (b. 1830) Share it »
1887 On this day in history death of lysander Spooner, American philosopher (b. 1808) Share it »
1889 On this day in history death of volney E. Howard, American politician (b. 1809) Share it »
1893 On this day in history earnest E Kummer, German mathematician (surface of Kummer), dies at 83 Share it »
1904 Richard Hol, Dutch composer/organist/conductor, dies at 78 on this day in history. Share it »
1906 Death of Carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (b. 1829) on this day in history. Share it »
1912 August Strindberg, Swedish writer (Deaddans), dies at 63 on this day in history. Share it »
1918 On this day in history death of james Gordon Bennett, Jr., American newspaper publisher (b. 1841) Share it »
1919 On this day in history death of henry John Heinz, founder of the H. J. Heinz Company (b. 1844) Share it »
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