Famous Deaths In May - 03

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

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

1160  On May - 03 death of peter Lombard, Italian scholar and bishop (b. c.1100)  

1270  Death of King Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206) on May - 03.  

1294  Jan I, duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies on May - 03.  

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

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

1481  Death of Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432) on May - 03.  

1567  On May - 03 leonhard Paminger, composer, dies at 72  

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

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

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

1679  Death of James Sharp, English archbishop (assassinated) (b. 1613) on this day in history.  

1693  Death of Claude de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French courtier (b. 1607) on May - 03.  

1703  On this day in history eglon van de Down, still-life painter, dies  

1704  On this day in history 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  Death of John Leverett the Younger, American President of Harvard (b. 1662) on May - 03.  

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

1750  Death of John Willison, Scottish minister and writer (b. 1680) on May - 03.  

1752  On May - 03 death of samuel Ogle, British provincial Governor of Maryland (b. c. 1692)  

1758  Benedict XIV, [Prospero L Lambertini], Pope (1740-58), dies at 83 on May - 03.  

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

1764  Francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedist, dies at 53 on May - 03.  

1779  Death of John Winthrop, American astronomer (b. 1714) on May - 03.  

1783  On May - 03 pieter Valck(x), South Netherlands sculptor, dies at 49  

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

1839  On May - 03 ferdinando Paer, composer, dies at 67  

1841  Cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance/Navy/Colonies, dies at 74 on May - 03.  

1854  William Beale, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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

1861  Anthony Philip Heinrich, composer, dies at 80 on May - 03.  

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0612  On this day in history birth of constantine III, Byzantine Emperor (d. 641)  

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  Margaretha, English princess/duchess of Bourgondie was born on this day in history.  

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  Bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], primate of Portugal was born on this day in history.  

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