Famous Deaths In May - 06

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

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 May - 06.  

1475  Dieric Bouts, Dutch painter, dies at about 64 on May - 06.  

1502  On this day in history death of james Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower (executed)  

1527  Karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37 on this day in history.  

1540  Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48 on May - 06.  

1596  On May - 06 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  Death of Robert Bruce Cotton, English politician on May - 06.  

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 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  Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1757  On May - 06 death of maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705)  

1776  James Kent, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1794  Jean-Jacques Beauvarget-Charpentier, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history henry David Thoreau, US writer/pacifist (Walden Pond), dies at 44  

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 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 May - 06 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  Maximilien Robespierre, Arras Fr, French revolutionary/avocat (1781) was born on this day in history.  

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