Famous Deaths Happened In May - 06

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

0680  Death of Muawiyah I, caliph (b. 602) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1475  Dieric Bouts, Dutch painter, dies at about 64 on this day in history.   

1502  Death of James Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower (executed) on May - 06.   

1527  On May - 06 karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37   

1540  On this day in history jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48   

1596  Death of Giaches de Wert, Flemish composer (b. 1535) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1667  Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer, dies at 50 on May - 06.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1739  On this day in history 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 May - 06.   

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

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

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  On this day in history charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer, dies at 75   

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

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

1882  On this day in history 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  Marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italy, humanist/Pope (1555, 22 days) was born on this day in history.   

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  Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1696) was born on May - 06.   

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  Francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician was born on May - 06.