Famous Deaths In May - 06

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

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  On this day in history king Alfonso VI, of Leon conquered Toledo, dies  

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

1527  On this day in history karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37  

1540  On May - 06 jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48  

1596  On this day in history death of giaches de Wert, Flemish composer (b. 1535)  

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1620  Death of Hayyim ben Joseph Vital, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1543) on this day in history.  

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

1638  On this day in history cornelius Jansen, theologian (Jansenism), dies  

1642  Frans Francken, the Younger, Flemish painter, dies on 61st birthday on May - 06.  

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  On May - 06 joseph de La Barre, composer, dies at 44  

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  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 this day in history james Kent, composer, dies at 76  

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

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 May - 06.  

1852  On this day in history charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer, dies at 75  

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

1859  On May - 06 friedrich Heinrich Alexander, explorer/scientist, dies  

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  Death of Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet (b. 1804) on this day in history.  

1882  Death of Frederick Cavendish, assassinated by Fenian Invincibles, in Dublin on May - 06.  

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1397  On May - 06 birth of sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (d. 1450)  

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  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 this day in history birth of charles Batteux, French philosopher (d. 1780)  

1758  On this day in history birth of maximilien Robespierre, Arras Fr, French revolutionary/avocat (1781)  

1759  Francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician was born on this day in history.