Famous Deaths In May - 23

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

1153  David I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68 on May - 23.   

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 this day in history death of girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45   

1523  On May - 23 death of ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)   

1524  On this day in history death of ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487)   

1568  Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27 on May - 23.   

1627  On this day in history 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  Death of Philips Wouwerman, Haarlems painter, buried on May - 23.   

1670  On this day in history death of ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1610)   

1684  On May - 23 death of adriaen Backer, Amsterdams painter buried at about 48   

1691  Death of Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (b. 1622) on this day in history.   

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 May - 23.   

1783  James Otis, American lawyer, dies on May - 23.   

1785  On this day in history william Woollett, engraver, dies   

1786  On May - 23 death of móric Beňovský, Slovak officer and explorer, King of Madagascar (b. 1746)   

1813  Death of Geraud Duroc, French general (b. 1772) on this day in history.   

1825  On May - 23 death of ras Gugsa of Yejju, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia   

1834  On May - 23 charles Wesley, composer, dies at 76   

1838  On May - 23 john W Janssens, gov-gen (Cape Colony), dies at 75   

1841  Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 76 on May - 23.   

1842  On May - 23 jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet, dies at 34   

1846  Death of Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Polish politician (b. 1778) on this day in history.   

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

1855  On May - 23 death of charles Robert Malden, English explorer (b. 1797)   

1857  Death of Augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician (b. 1789) on this day in history.   

1860  Albert Richard Smith, author/lecturer, dies on this day in history.   

1867  Archibald Alison, Scottish historian, dies at 74 on May - 23.   

1868  On this day in history death of kit Carson, American trapper, scout, and Indian agent (b. 1809)   

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1052  On this day in history birth of king Philip I of France (d. 1108)   

1100  On this day in history birth of emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)   

1598  On this day in history birth of claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized   

1606  Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.   

1617  Elias Ashmole, antiquary was born on this day in history.   

1620  On May - 23 birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized   

1644  On May - 23 birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer   

1696  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on May - 23.