Famous Deaths In May - 03

1010  Ansfried, 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about 69 on May - 03.  

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

1160  Death of Peter Lombard, Italian scholar and bishop (b. c.1100) on this day in history.  

1270  On May - 03 death of king Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206)  

1294  On May - 03 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 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 May - 03 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 this day in history death of henry Garnet, English Jesuit (executed) (b. 1555)  

1614  Sasbout Vosmeer, RC theologist/apostole vicar, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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

1654  Francois van Kinschot, treasurer-gen/chancellor of Brabant, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

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

1704  On this day in history heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Austrian violist/composer, dies at 59  

1707  On this day in history 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  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  Benedict XIV, [Prospero L Lambertini], Pope (1740-58), dies at 83 on May - 03.  

1763  On May - 03 death of george Psalmanazar, British impostor (b. 1679)  

1764  On May - 03 francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedist, dies at 53  

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  Carlo Zuccari, composer, dies at 87 on May - 03.  

1839  Ferdinando Paer, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1841  On this day in history 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  On May - 03 adolfo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 27  

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

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0612  On May - 03 birth of constantine III, Byzantine Emperor (d. 641)  

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

1428  On this day in history birth of pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495)  

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

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 this day in history.