Famous Deaths In May - 06

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

0680  On this day in history death of muawiyah I, caliph (b. 602)   

0988  Death of Dirk II, West Frisian count of Holland on May - 06.   

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

1124  On this day in history death of balak, Emir of Aleppo, murdered   

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  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  Death of Hayyim ben Joseph Vital, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1543) on May - 06.   

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

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

1642  On May - 06 frans Francken, the Younger, Flemish painter, dies on 61st birthday   

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

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

1678  On this day in history 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 May - 06.   

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

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  On May - 06 jean-Jacques Beauvarget-Charpentier, composer, dies at 59   

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

1836  Christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer, dies at 78 on May - 06.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1864  On May - 06 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 this day in history.   

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1397  Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (d. 1450) was born on May - 06.   

1501  On May - 06 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  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  Charles Batteux, French philosopher (d. 1780) was born on May - 06.   

1758  Maximilien Robespierre, Arras Fr, French revolutionary/avocat (1781) was born on May - 06.   

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