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

1085  On May - 06 king Alfonso VI, of Leon conquered Toledo, dies  

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  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 this day in history death of hayyim ben Joseph Vital, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1543)  

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

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

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

1666  Paul Siefert, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

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

1678  Joseph de La Barre, composer, dies at 44 on May - 06.  

1708  On May - 06 death of françois de Laval, first bishop of New France (b. 1623)  

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 this day in history.  

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 May - 06.  

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

1840  On this day in history death of francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian president and independence leader (b. 1792)  

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

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

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

1877  On this day in history 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 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  Charles Batteux, French philosopher (d. 1780) was born on May - 06.  

1758  Maximilien Robespierre, Arras Fr, French revolutionary/avocat (1781) was born on this day in history.  

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