Famous Deaths In May - 06

0523  Death of Thrasamunde, king of Vandalen on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1502  On May - 06 death of james Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower (executed)   

1527  Karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37 on May - 06.   

1540  Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1596  On May - 06 death of giaches de Wert, Flemish composer (b. 1535)   

1620  On May - 06 death of hayyim ben Joseph Vital, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1543)   

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

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

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

1666  On this day in history paul Siefert, composer, dies at 79   

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

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 this day in history.   

1727  On May - 06 catharina I, Latvia tsarina of Russia, dies at about 42   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1841  On this day in history john Thomson, composer, dies at 35   

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

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

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

1862  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet (b. 1804)   

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

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

1606  Lorenzo Lippi, [Perlone Zipoli], poet/painter was born on this day in history.   

1638  On May - 06 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  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