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  Death of Dirk II, West Frisian count of Holland on this day in history.   

1085  King Alfonso VI, of Leon conquered Toledo, dies on this day in history.   

1124  Death of Balak, Emir of Aleppo, murdered on this day in history.   

1475  On this day in history dieric Bouts, Dutch painter, dies at about 64   

1502  On this day in history death of james Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower (executed)   

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  Death of Giaches de Wert, Flemish composer (b. 1535) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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 May - 06.   

1678  Joseph de La Barre, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1708  On this day in history death of françois de Laval, first bishop of New France (b. 1623)   

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

1739  Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed), dies at 63 on May - 06.   

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

1776  James Kent, composer, dies at 76 on May - 06.   

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 May - 06.   

1840  On May - 06 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 this day in history.   

1856  On this day in history william Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies   

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

1862  On this day in history henry David Thoreau, US writer/pacifist (Walden Pond), dies at 44   

1864  Henry Livermore Abbott, US Union brig-general, dies in battle on May - 06.   

1877  Death of Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet (b. 1804) on May - 06.   

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

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1397  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of frans Francken, the Younger, painter   

1606  On this day in history 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  Francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician was born on this day in history.