Famous Deaths Happened In May - 04

1436  Engelbrekt engelbrektsson: Swedish statesman (b. 1390s)   

1471  Edward of westminster: Prince of wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453)   

1506  Husayn bayqarah: Ruler of herat (b. 1438)   

1519  Lorenzo ii de' medici: Duke of urbino (b. 1492)   

1566  Luca ghini: Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490)   

1594  Paul buys: Grand pensionary of holland,   

1604  Claudio merulo: Composer,   

1605  Ulisse aldrovandi: Italian biologist/medical,   

1615  Adriaan van roomen: Flemish mathematician (b. 1561)   

1626  Arthur lake: Bishop of bath and wells, english bishop and bible translator (b. 1569)   

1677  Isaac barrow: English mathematician (b. 1630)   

1684  John nevison: English highwayman (b. 1639)   

1729  Louis-antoine: Cardinal de noailles, french cardinal (b. 1651)   

1734  James thornhill: English painter   

1737  Eustace budgell: English writer (b. 1686)   

1752  Pieter snyers: Flemish painter/engraver,   

1770  Christian gottfried krause: Composer,   

1774  Anthony ulrich ii: Duke of brunswick-lüneburg (b. 1714)   

1776  Jacques saly: French sculptor (b. 1717)   

1790  Matthew tilghman: American delegate to the continental congress (b. 1718)   

1799  Tipu sultan: Indian military leader (b. 1750)   

1811  Nikolay kamensky: Russian general (b. 1776)   

1824  Joseph joubert: French essayist and moralist (b. 1754)   

1832  Jan van speyck: Dutch admiral, buried in new church   

1855  Camille pleyel: Austria piano builder/composer,   

1858  Aimé bonpland: French explorer and botanist (b. 1773)   

1859  Joseph diaz gergonne: French mathematician (b. 1771)   

1860  Emil nikolaus von reznicek: Composer,   

1879  William froude: Brit civil eng/shipbuilder (f integer),   

1880  Edward clark: Governor of texas (b. 1815)   

1885  Aleksandar i karadjordjevic: Monarch of serbia (1842-58),   

1891  Sherlock holmes: "   

1893  George washington hewitt: Composer,   

1901  John jones ross: Canadian politician (b. 1831)   

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1006  Abd-allah ansari: Persian mystic/poet (monadjat)   

1008  Khajeh abdollah ansari: The persian sufi   

1008  King henry i of france: King henry i of france (d. 1060)   

1611  Carlo rainaldi: Composer   

1631  Mary i henriette stuart: Daughter of charles i/queen of england   

1635  Willem van outhoorn: Dutch governor-general (dutch east indies)   

1654  Kangxi emperor of china: Kangxi emperor of china (d. 1722)   

1655  Bartolomeo di francesco cristofori: Italy, piano builder