Famous Deaths In May - 03

1010  Ansfried, 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about 69 on this day in history.  

1152  On May - 03 death of matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England (b. 1105)  

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 May - 03.  

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

1410  On May - 03 alexander V, [Petros Philargi], Kreta's Pope (1409-10), dies  

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

1481  On May - 03 death of mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432)  

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

1598  On May - 03 death of anna Guarini, Italian singer (b. 1563)  

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1606  Death of Henry Garnet, English Jesuit (executed) (b. 1555) on this day in history.  

1614  On May - 03 sasbout Vosmeer, RC theologist/apostole vicar, dies at 66  

1622  On this day in history death of pedro Páez, Spanish Jesuit missionary (b. 1564)  

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 this day in history.  

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

1704  Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Austrian violist/composer, dies at 59 on May - 03.  

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

1724  Death of John Leverett the Younger, American President of Harvard (b. 1662) on this day in history.  

1737  Abraham Patras, gov-gen of East-Indies (1735-37), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1758  On May - 03 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  On May - 03 pieter Valck(x), South Netherlands sculptor, dies at 49  

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

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

1861  Anthony Philip Heinrich, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

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

1415  On this day in history birth of cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1495)  

1428  On May - 03 birth of pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495)  

1446  On May - 03 birth of margaretha, English princess/duchess of Bourgondie  

1446  On this day in history birth of margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1503)  

1469  On May - 03 birth of niccolo Machiavelli, Italy, politician/writer (Prince)  

1514  Bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], primate of Portugal was born on May - 03.  

1535  Alessandro "Agnolo" Allori, Italian painter/carpet designer was born on May - 03.