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 this day in history.  

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

1118  Death of Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester on this day in history.  

1288  Hendrik VI, earl of Luxembourg/Laroche (1281-88), dies in battle on this day in history.  

1296  Death of Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (b. 1245) on June - 05.  

1383  On June - 05 death of dmitry Konstantinovich, Russian prince (b. 1324)  

1443  On June - 05 ferdinand, Portuguese saint/slave to Fez, dies  

1568  Death of Lamoraal, earl of Egmont/prince of Gavere, beheaded on June - 05.  

1625  On June - 05 orlando Gibbons, English organist/composer (Silver Swan), dies at 41  

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1667  On June - 05 pietro Sforza, Italian theologist (Assertiones Theologicae), dies  

1688  On June - 05 death of constantine Phaulkon, Greek adventurer (b. 1667)  

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

1722  On June - 05 johann Kuhnau, composer, dies at 62  

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

1785  On June - 05 gottfried August Homilius, composer, dies at 71  

1791  Death of Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (b. 1718) on this day in history.  

1816  Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Serva Padrona), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1825  Death of Odysseas Androutsos, hero in the Greek War of Independence on this day in history.  

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

1852  Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki, composer, dies at 45 on June - 05.  

1861  On June - 05 john Garland, US Union colonel/brig-general, dies in battle  

1864  William Edmonson "Grumble" Jones, Conf brig-gen, dies in battle at 39 on this day in history.  

1866  Death of John McDouall Stuart, Australian explorer (b. 1815) on June - 05.  

1868  Anselm Huttenbrenner, composer, dies at 73 on June - 05.  

1880  On this day in history jacobus J Cremer, painter/author (Betuwsche Novellen), dies at 52  

1885  Julius Benedict, composer (Protoghesi), dies at 80 on June - 05.  

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

1898  On this day in history death of salvatore Ferragamo, Italian Shoemaker  

1900  On June - 05 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  On this day in history death of karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher (b. 1842)  

1908  Luca Fumagalli, composer, dies at 71 on June - 05.  

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

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1341  On this day in history birth of edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (d. 1402)  

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

1523  Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry (d. 1573) was born on June - 05.  

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 this day in history birth of pu Songling, Chinese writer (d. 1715)  

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

1660  Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (d. 1744) was born on June - 05.