Famous Deaths In May - 06

0523  On this day in history death of thrasamunde, king of Vandalen  

0680  Death of Muawiyah I, caliph (b. 602) on this day in history.  

0988  On May - 06 death of dirk II, West Frisian count of Holland  

1085  King Alfonso VI, of Leon conquered Toledo, dies on May - 06.  

1124  On May - 06 death of balak, Emir of Aleppo, murdered  

1475  On May - 06 dieric Bouts, Dutch painter, dies at about 64  

1502  Death of James Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower (executed) on May - 06.  

1527  Karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37 on this day in history.  

1540  On May - 06 jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48  

1596  Death of Giaches de Wert, Flemish composer (b. 1535) on May - 06.  

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1620  Death of Hayyim ben Joseph Vital, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1543) on this day in history.  

1631  On this day in history death of robert Bruce Cotton, English politician  

1638  Cornelius Jansen, theologian (Jansenism), dies on May - 06.  

1642  Frans Francken, the Younger, Flemish painter, dies on 61st birthday on this day in history.  

1666  Paul Siefert, composer, dies at 79 on May - 06.  

1667  Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1678  Joseph de La Barre, composer, dies at 44 on May - 06.  

1708  Death of François de Laval, first bishop of New France (b. 1623) on May - 06.  

1727  On this day in history catharina I, Latvia tsarina of Russia, dies at about 42  

1739  On this day in history bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed), dies at 63  

1757  On this day in history death of maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705)  

1776  On May - 06 james Kent, composer, dies at 76  

1794  Jean-Jacques Beauvarget-Charpentier, composer, dies at 59 on May - 06.  

1814  George Joseph Vogler, composer, dies at 64 on May - 06.  

1836  On May - 06 christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer, dies at 78  

1840  On May - 06 death of francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian president and independence leader (b. 1792)  

1841  John Thomson, composer, dies at 35 on this day in history.  

1852  Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer, dies at 75 on May - 06.  

1856  William Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies on this day in history.  

1859  Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, explorer/scientist, dies on May - 06.  

1862  On May - 06 henry David Thoreau, US writer/pacifist (Walden Pond), dies at 44  

1864  Henry Livermore Abbott, US Union brig-general, dies in battle on this day in history.  

1877  Death of Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet (b. 1804) on this day in history.  

1882  Death of Frederick Cavendish, assassinated by Fenian Invincibles, in Dublin on this day in history.  

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1397  On May - 06 birth of sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (d. 1450)  

1501  On this day in history birth of marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italy, humanist/Pope (1555, 22 days)  

1581  On May - 06 birth of frans Francken, the Younger, painter  

1606  On May - 06 birth of lorenzo Lippi, [Perlone Zipoli], poet/painter  

1638  Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1696) was born on this day in history.  

1713  Charles Batteux, French philosopher (d. 1780) was born on May - 06.  

1758  On May - 06 birth of maximilien Robespierre, Arras Fr, French revolutionary/avocat (1781)  

1759  On May - 06 birth of francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician