Famous Deaths In May - 06

0523  On this day in history 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 May - 06 king Alfonso VI, of Leon conquered Toledo, dies  

1124  On this day in history death of balak, Emir of Aleppo, murdered  

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  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

1642  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1727  On May - 06 catharina I, Latvia tsarina of Russia, dies at about 42  

1739  Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed), dies at 63 on May - 06.  

1757  On this day in history death of maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705)  

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

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  On May - 06 death of francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian president and independence leader (b. 1792)  

1841  John Thomson, composer, dies at 35 on this day in history.  

1852  Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1864  On this day in history henry Livermore Abbott, US Union brig-general, dies in battle  

1877  On May - 06 death of johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet (b. 1804)  

1882  On this day in history death of frederick Cavendish, assassinated by Fenian Invincibles, in Dublin  

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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 May - 06.  

1581  Frans Francken, the Younger, painter was born on May - 06.  

1606  Lorenzo Lippi, [Perlone Zipoli], poet/painter was born on this day in history.  

1638  On this day in history birth of henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1696)  

1713  Charles Batteux, French philosopher (d. 1780) was born on May - 06.  

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

1759  On May - 06 birth of francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician