Famous Deaths In June - 05

0535  Death of Epiphanius of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople on this day in history.  

0754  Boniface, [Winfrid], English saint/archbishop (Dokkum), dies at 79 on June - 05.  

1017  On June - 05 death of emperor Sanjō of Japan (b. 976)  

1118  On June - 05 death of robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester  

1288  On this day in history hendrik VI, earl of Luxembourg/Laroche (1281-88), dies in battle  

1296  On June - 05 death of edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (b. 1245)  

1383  Death of Dmitry Konstantinovich, Russian prince (b. 1324) on June - 05.  

1443  On this day in history ferdinand, Portuguese saint/slave to Fez, dies  

1568  Death of Lamoraal, earl of Egmont/prince of Gavere, beheaded on this day in history.  

1625  Orlando Gibbons, English organist/composer (Silver Swan), dies at 41 on this day in history.  

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1667  Pietro Sforza, Italian theologist (Assertiones Theologicae), dies on June - 05.  

1688  Death of Constantine Phaulkon, Greek adventurer (b. 1667) on this day in history.  

1716  Death of Roger Cotes, English mathematician (b. 1682) on this day in history.  

1722  On this day in history johann Kuhnau, composer, dies at 62  

1738  On this day in history death of isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor (b. 1659)  

1785  Gottfried August Homilius, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1791  On June - 05 death of frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (b. 1718)  

1816  On June - 05 giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Serva Padrona), dies at 76  

1825  On this day in history death of odysseas Androutsos, hero in the Greek War of Independence  

1826  On June - 05 carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber, composer (Oberon), dies at 39  

1852  Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.  

1861  On this day in history john Garland, US Union colonel/brig-general, dies in battle  

1864  On June - 05 william Edmonson "Grumble" Jones, Conf brig-gen, dies in battle at 39  

1866  On this day in history death of john McDouall Stuart, Australian explorer (b. 1815)  

1868  On this day in history anselm Huttenbrenner, composer, dies at 73  

1880  Jacobus J Cremer, painter/author (Betuwsche Novellen), dies at 52 on June - 05.  

1885  On June - 05 julius Benedict, composer (Protoghesi), dies at 80  

1894  On this day in history immanuel Faisst, composer, dies at 70  

1898  Death of Salvatore Ferragamo, Italian Shoemaker on June - 05.  

1900  On this day in history stephen Crane, author (Red Badge of Courage), dies at 28  

1902  Death of Louis J. Weichmann, chief witness in the trial of the assassins of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1842) on this day in history.  

1906  Death of Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher (b. 1842) on this day in history.  

1908  Luca Fumagalli, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1910  On this day in history death of o. Henry, American author (b. 1862)  

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1341  Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (d. 1402) was born on this day in history.  

1493  Justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (d. 1555) was born on June - 05.  

1523  On this day in history birth of margaret of France, Duchess of Berry (d. 1573)  

1553  Bernardino Baldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.  

1554  On June - 05 birth of elisabeth of Austria, queen consort of France (d. 1592)  

1640  On June - 05 birth of pu Songling, Chinese writer (d. 1715)  

1646  On June - 05 birth of elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician (d. 1684)  

1660  On June - 05 birth of sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (d. 1744)