Famous Deaths Happened In May - 19
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
0804 Alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69 on this day in history.
0988 On May - 19 dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies
1125 On May - 19 death of vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053)
1296 Celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies on this day in history.
1319 On May - 19 death of louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276)
1389 On May - 19 death of dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350)
1526 On this day in history death of emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464)
1531 On this day in history death of jan Åaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456)
1536 Death of Anne Boleyn, Queen of England/wife of Henry VIII, beheaded on this day in history.
1601 On May - 19 death of costanzo Porta, Italian composer
1610 On this day in history death of thomas Sanchez, Spanish theologian (b. 1550)
1637 On this day in history death of isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (b. 1588)
1647 Sebastian Vrancx, Flemish painter (captain of vigilante), dies on May - 19.
1653 Carel Reyniersz, gov-gen of Neth East Indies, dies at 48 on May - 19.
1715 On May - 19 death of charles Montagu, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1661)
1786 On May - 19 john Stanley, composer, dies at 74
1795 On this day in history josiah Bartlett, US physician/judge (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 65
1798 Death of William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English dueler (b. 1722) on this day in history.
1800 On May - 19 death of french Bosbeeck, veterinarian/robber, hanged
1801 Herman H Vitringa, politician (National Meetings), dies on this day in history.
1821 Death of Camille Jordan, French politician (b. 1771) on this day in history.
1825 Death of Claude Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de Saint-Simon, French political philosopher (b. 1760) on May - 19.
1845 On May - 19 maria EJ Versfelt, mistress of general Moreau/marshal Ney, dies at 68
1864 On May - 19 nathaniel Hawthorne, US, writer (Scarlet Letter), dies
1872 Johan van Dale, schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Wordbook), dies at 44 on May - 19.
1876 Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian/politician, dies at 74 on May - 19.
1885 Death of Peter W. Barlow, English engineer (b. 1809) on this day in history.
1890 On this day in history gus Kempis, cricketer (S Africa's 1st Test), dies of fever at 24
1895 On May - 19 jose J Marti y Perez, Spanish/Cuban poet (Versos sencillos), dies
1898 Death of William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1809) on this day in history.
1901 On May - 19 marthinus Wessels Pretorius, 1st pres Rep South-Africa, dies at 81
1903 On May - 19 arthur Shrewsbury, cricketer (1277 runs at 35 47 in 23 Tests), dies
1904 Death of Auguste Molinier, French historian (b. 1851) on this day in history.
1907 Death of Benjamin Baker, English engineer (b. 1840) on this day in history.
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