Famous Deaths In May - 07

0685  On May - 07 marwan I ibn al-Hakam, 4th kalief of Omajjaden (684-85), dies  

0973  Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at 60 on May - 07.  

1092  Death of Remigius de Fécamp, first bishop of Lincoln (b. unknown) on May - 07.  

1166  Death of Willem I, the Bad, king of Sicily (1154-66) on this day in history.  

1205  On this day in history ladislaus III Arpad, King of Hungary (1204-05), dies at 5 or 6  

1427  On this day in history death of thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English churchman  

1523  On this day in history franz von Sickingen, Germ knight/protect of poor, dies of wounds at 42  

1539  On May - 07 death of guru Nanak Dev, Founder of Sikhism (b. 1469)  

1617  On this day in history david Fabricius, German astronomer, dies at 53  

1667  Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist/singer/composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

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1671  On this day in history edward Montagu, English baron Kimbolton, dies at about 68  

1673  Johannes Teellinck, Dutch vicar, dies at about 58 on May - 07.  

1682  On May - 07 death of tsar Feodor III of Russia (b. 1661)  

1718  Death of Mary of Modena, wife of James II of England (b. 1658) on May - 07.  

1736  John Weldon, composer, dies at 60 on May - 07.  

1792  On this day in history aert Schouman, Dutch bird/portrait painter, dies at 82  

1793  Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt admiral (battle of Doggersbank), dies at 68 on May - 07.  

1800  On May - 07 laurens P van Spiegel, regent/pension advisor (1787-95), dies at 64  

1805  On May - 07 death of william Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1737)  

1814  Franz Volrath Buttstett, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1818  On May - 07 leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer, dies at 70  

1825  On May - 07 antonio Salieri, Italian composer, dies in Vienna at 74  

1836  Norbert Burgmuller, composer, dies at 26 on this day in history.  

1840  Death of Caspar David Friedrich, German painter (b. 1774) on May - 07.  

1863  Amiel Weeks Whipple, US Union gen-major, dies of injuries at 46 on May - 07.  

1868  On May - 07 death of henry Peter Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778)  

1871  On this day in history louis Papineau, political reformer, dies  

1876  On this day in history franz count of Pocci, German artist/composer (Alchemist), dies at 69  

1884  Judah P Benjamin, confederate minister of War, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1887  On May - 07 death of c. F. W. Walther, American Lutheran theologian (b. 1811)  

1896  On May - 07 death of h. H. Holmes (Herman Webster Mudgett) , American serial killer (b. 1860)  

1900  On this day in history richard Storrs Willis, composer, dies at 81  

1904  Peter Hille, writer, dies on May - 07.  

1914  On this day in history edward Mollenhauer, composer, dies at 87  

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1328  On May - 07 birth of louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1365)  

1530  Louis I Condé, French prince/leader of hugenots was born on this day in history.  

1574  Innocent X, [Giambattista Pamfili], 236th pope (1644-55) was born on May - 07.  

1643  On May - 07 birth of stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700)  

1700  On this day in history birth of gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist  

1704  Carl Heinrich Graun, composer was born on this day in history.  

1724  Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797) was born on this day in history.  

1740  Nikolai Arkharov, Russian general (d. 1814) was born on May - 07.