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  Death of Emperor Sanjō of Japan (b. 976) on this day in history.   

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

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

1296  On this day in history death of edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (b. 1245)   

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

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

1568  On June - 05 death of lamoraal, earl of Egmont/prince of Gavere, beheaded   

1625  On this day in history orlando Gibbons, English organist/composer (Silver Swan), dies at 41   

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  On this day in history death of roger Cotes, English mathematician (b. 1682)   

1722  Johann Kuhnau, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1738  Death of Isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor (b. 1659) on June - 05.   

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

1791  Death of Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (b. 1718) on June - 05.   

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

1825  On June - 05 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 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 June - 05.   

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

1868  Anselm Huttenbrenner, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

1885  Julius Benedict, composer (Protoghesi), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1894  Immanuel Faisst, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1898  Death of Salvatore Ferragamo, Italian Shoemaker on this day in history.   

1900  Stephen Crane, author (Red Badge of Courage), dies at 28 on this day in history.   

1902  On this day in history death of louis J. Weichmann, chief witness in the trial of the assassins of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1842)   

1906  Death of Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher (b. 1842) on June - 05.   

1908  On June - 05 luca Fumagalli, composer, dies at 71   

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 this day in history.   

1523  On June - 05 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  Pu Songling, Chinese writer (d. 1715) was born on June - 05.   

1646  Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician (d. 1684) was born on this day in history.   

1660  On this day in history birth of sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (d. 1744)