Famous Deaths In May - 06

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

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

1124  On May - 06 death of balak, Emir of Aleppo, murdered  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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 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 May - 06.  

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

1794  On May - 06 jean-Jacques Beauvarget-Charpentier, composer, dies at 59  

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 May - 06 john Thomson, composer, dies at 35  

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

1856  William Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies on this day in history.  

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

1862  On May - 06 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  On May - 06 death of johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet (b. 1804)  

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  Marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italy, humanist/Pope (1555, 22 days) was born on May - 06.  

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  On this day in history 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 May - 06 birth of francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician