Famous Deaths Happened In May - 03
Friday, 05 December 2025
1010 Ansfried, 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about 69 on this day in history. 

1152 On this day in history death of matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England (b. 1105) 

1160 On this day in history death of peter Lombard, Italian scholar and bishop (b. c.1100) 

1270 On this day in history death of king Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206) 

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

1410 On this day in history alexander V, [Petros Philargi], Kreta's Pope (1409-10), dies 

1442 On this day in history engelbert I, Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies 

1481 On this day in history death of mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432) 

1567 Leonhard Paminger, composer, dies at 72 on May - 03. 

1598 Death of Anna Guarini, Italian singer (b. 1563) on May - 03. 

1606 Death of Henry Garnet, English Jesuit (executed) (b. 1555) on May - 03. 

1614 Sasbout Vosmeer, RC theologist/apostole vicar, dies at 66 on May - 03. 

1622 Death of Pedro Páez, Spanish Jesuit missionary (b. 1564) on May - 03. 

1654 On May - 03 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 Death of Claude de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French courtier (b. 1607) on May - 03. 

1703 Eglon van de Down, still-life painter, dies on May - 03. 

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

1707 Michiel de Swaen, South Netherlands physician/poet, dies at 53 on this day in history. 

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

1737 On May - 03 abraham Patras, gov-gen of East-Indies (1735-37), dies at 65 

1750 On this day in history death of john Willison, Scottish minister and writer (b. 1680) 

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 On this day in history death of george Psalmanazar, British impostor (b. 1679) 

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

1779 Death of John Winthrop, American astronomer (b. 1714) on this day in history. 

1783 On this day in history pieter Valck(x), South Netherlands sculptor, dies at 49 

1792 Carlo Zuccari, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history. 

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 this day in history william Beale, composer, dies at 70 

1856 Adolfo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 27 on May - 03. 

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

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