Famous Deaths In May - 03

1010  On May - 03 ansfried, 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about 69  

1152  Death of Matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England (b. 1105) on May - 03.  

1160  Death of Peter Lombard, Italian scholar and bishop (b. c.1100) on May - 03.  

1270  Death of King Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206) on this day in history.  

1294  On this day in history jan I, duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies  

1410  Alexander V, [Petros Philargi], Kreta's Pope (1409-10), dies on May - 03.  

1442  On May - 03 engelbert I, Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies  

1481  Death of Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432) on this day in history.  

1567  On this day in history leonhard Paminger, composer, dies at 72  

1598  Death of Anna Guarini, Italian singer (b. 1563) on this day in history.  

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1606  On May - 03 death of henry Garnet, English Jesuit (executed) (b. 1555)  

1614  On this day in history sasbout Vosmeer, RC theologist/apostole vicar, dies at 66  

1622  On May - 03 death of pedro Páez, Spanish Jesuit missionary (b. 1564)  

1654  On this day in history francois van Kinschot, treasurer-gen/chancellor of Brabant, dies at 77  

1679  On this day in history death of james Sharp, English archbishop (assassinated) (b. 1613)  

1693  On this day in history death of claude de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French courtier (b. 1607)  

1703  Eglon van de Down, still-life painter, dies on this day in history.  

1704  On May - 03 heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Austrian violist/composer, dies at 59  

1707  On May - 03 michiel de Swaen, South Netherlands physician/poet, dies at 53  

1724  On May - 03 death of john Leverett the Younger, American President of Harvard (b. 1662)  

1737  Abraham Patras, gov-gen of East-Indies (1735-37), dies at 65 on May - 03.  

1750  Death of John Willison, Scottish minister and writer (b. 1680) on this day in history.  

1752  Death of Samuel Ogle, British provincial Governor of Maryland (b. c. 1692) on May - 03.  

1758  On this day in history benedict XIV, [Prospero L Lambertini], Pope (1740-58), dies at 83  

1763  Death of George Psalmanazar, British impostor (b. 1679) on May - 03.  

1764  On this day in history francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedist, dies at 53  

1779  On this day in history death of john Winthrop, American astronomer (b. 1714)  

1783  Pieter Valck(x), South Netherlands sculptor, dies at 49 on May - 03.  

1792  On May - 03 carlo Zuccari, composer, dies at 87  

1839  Ferdinando Paer, composer, dies at 67 on May - 03.  

1841  On May - 03 cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance/Navy/Colonies, dies at 74  

1854  On May - 03 william Beale, composer, dies at 70  

1856  On this day in history adolfo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 27  

1861  On this day in history anthony Philip Heinrich, composer, dies at 80  

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0612  Constantine III, Byzantine Emperor (d. 641) was born on May - 03.  

1415  On May - 03 birth of cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1495)  

1428  Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495) was born on May - 03.  

1446  Margaretha, English princess/duchess of Bourgondie was born on May - 03.  

1446  Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1503) was born on May - 03.  

1469  On this day in history birth of niccolo Machiavelli, Italy, politician/writer (Prince)  

1514  On May - 03 birth of bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], primate of Portugal  

1535  On May - 03 birth of alessandro "Agnolo" Allori, Italian painter/carpet designer