Famous Deaths Happened In May - 06

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

0680  Death of Muawiyah I, caliph (b. 602) on May - 06.   

0988  On this day in history death of dirk II, West Frisian count of Holland   

1085  On May - 06 king Alfonso VI, of Leon conquered Toledo, dies   

1124  Death of Balak, Emir of Aleppo, murdered on May - 06.   

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 this day in history.   

1527  On this day in history karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37   

1540  Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48 on May - 06.   

1596  On this day in history death of giaches de Wert, Flemish composer (b. 1535)   

1620  On this day in history death of hayyim ben Joseph Vital, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1543)   

1631  On May - 06 death of robert Bruce Cotton, English politician   

1638  On May - 06 cornelius Jansen, theologian (Jansenism), dies   

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

1666  On May - 06 paul Siefert, composer, dies at 79   

1667  On this day in history johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer, dies at 50   

1678  On May - 06 joseph de La Barre, composer, dies at 44   

1708  Death of François de Laval, first bishop of New France (b. 1623) on this day in history.   

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

1739  On May - 06 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  James Kent, composer, dies at 76 on May - 06.   

1794  Jean-Jacques Beauvarget-Charpentier, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1814  George Joseph Vogler, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1836  On this day in history christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer, dies at 78   

1840  Death of Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian president and independence leader (b. 1792) on May - 06.   

1841  John Thomson, composer, dies at 35 on May - 06.   

1852  Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1856  On May - 06 william Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies   

1859  On this day in history friedrich Heinrich Alexander, explorer/scientist, dies   

1862  Henry David Thoreau, US writer/pacifist (Walden Pond), dies at 44 on May - 06.   

1864  On this day in history henry Livermore Abbott, US Union brig-general, dies in battle   

1877  On May - 06 death of johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet (b. 1804)   

1882  Death of Frederick Cavendish, assassinated by Fenian Invincibles, in Dublin on May - 06.   

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1397  Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (d. 1450) was born on this day in history.   

1501  On May - 06 birth of marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italy, humanist/Pope (1555, 22 days)   

1581  Frans Francken, the Younger, painter was born on May - 06.   

1606  On this day in history birth of lorenzo Lippi, [Perlone Zipoli], poet/painter   

1638  On this day in history birth of henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1696)   

1713  On May - 06 birth of charles Batteux, French philosopher (d. 1780)   

1758  Maximilien Robespierre, Arras Fr, French revolutionary/avocat (1781) was born on this day in history.   

1759  Francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician was born on this day in history.