Famous Deaths Happened In May - 03
Thursday, 05 February 2026
1010 Ansfried, 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about 69 on this day in history. 

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 this day in history. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

1598 On this day in history death of anna Guarini, Italian singer (b. 1563) 

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

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 this day in history. 

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 May - 03. 

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 this day in history. 

1752 On this day in history 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 On May - 03 death of george Psalmanazar, British impostor (b. 1679) 

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

1779 On May - 03 death of john Winthrop, American astronomer (b. 1714) 

1783 Pieter Valck(x), South Netherlands sculptor, dies at 49 on this day in history. 

1792 On this day in history carlo Zuccari, composer, dies at 87 

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

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

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