Famous Deaths In May - 23
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
1125 Hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies on this day in history.
1153 On May - 23 david I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68
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 this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)
1524 On May - 23 death of ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487)
1568 On May - 23 adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27
1627 Luis de Gongora y Argote, poet/writer, dies on May - 23.
1648 Luis de Nain, painter, dies on May - 23.
1662 On this day in history death of john Gauden, English bishop and writer (b. 1605)
1668 On this day in history death of philips Wouwerman, Haarlems painter, buried
1670 Death of Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1610) on May - 23.
1684 Death of Adriaen Backer, Amsterdams painter buried at about 48 on May - 23.
1691 On this day in history death of adrien Auzout, French astronomer (b. 1622)
1701 Death of William Kidd, Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock on May - 23.
1752 Death of William Bradford, English-born printer (b. 1663) on May - 23.
1754 On May - 23 john Wood, architect/town planner, dies
1783 On this day in history james Otis, American lawyer, dies
1785 On May - 23 william Woollett, engraver, dies
1786 Death of Móric Beňovský, Slovak officer and explorer, King of Madagascar (b. 1746) on this day in history.
1813 Death of Geraud Duroc, French general (b. 1772) on this day in history.
1825 On this day in history death of ras Gugsa of Yejju, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia
1834 On May - 23 charles Wesley, composer, dies at 76
1838 On this day in history john W Janssens, gov-gen (Cape Colony), dies at 75
1841 On May - 23 franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 76
1842 On May - 23 jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet, dies at 34
1846 On this day in history death of franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Polish politician (b. 1778)
1851 On May - 23 lucas Pieter Roodbaard, architect, dies at 69
1855 Death of Charles Robert Malden, English explorer (b. 1797) on this day in history.
1857 On May - 23 death of augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician (b. 1789)
1860 Albert Richard Smith, author/lecturer, dies on this day in history.
1867 Archibald Alison, Scottish historian, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1868 On this day in history death of kit Carson, American trapper, scout, and Indian agent (b. 1809)
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