Famous Deaths Happened In May - 06

0523  On May - 06 death of thrasamunde, king of Vandalen   

0680  On May - 06 death of muawiyah I, caliph (b. 602)   

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

1085  On this day in history king Alfonso VI, of Leon conquered Toledo, dies   

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

1475  Dieric Bouts, Dutch painter, dies at about 64 on May - 06.   

1502  Death of James Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower (executed) on this day in history.   

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

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

1631  Death of Robert Bruce Cotton, English politician on May - 06.   

1638  Cornelius Jansen, theologian (Jansenism), dies on this day in history.   

1642  Frans Francken, the Younger, Flemish painter, dies on 61st birthday on May - 06.   

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

1667  On May - 06 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 May - 06.   

1727  Catharina I, Latvia tsarina of Russia, dies at about 42 on this day in history.   

1739  On May - 06 bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed), dies at 63   

1757  Death of Maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705) on May - 06.   

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

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

1814  On this day in history george Joseph Vogler, composer, dies at 64   

1836  Christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1840  On this day in history death of francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian president and independence leader (b. 1792)   

1841  On May - 06 john Thomson, composer, dies at 35   

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

1856  William Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies on May - 06.   

1859  On May - 06 friedrich Heinrich Alexander, explorer/scientist, dies   

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

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

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

1882  On May - 06 death of frederick Cavendish, assassinated by Fenian Invincibles, in Dublin   

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

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

1638  On May - 06 birth of henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1696)   

1713  On this day in history birth of charles Batteux, French philosopher (d. 1780)   

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

1759  On this day in history birth of francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician