Famous Deaths In May - 07

0685  Marwan I ibn al-Hakam, 4th kalief of Omajjaden (684-85), dies on this day in history.  

0973  On May - 07 otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at 60  

1092  On this day in history death of remigius de Fécamp, first bishop of Lincoln (b. unknown)  

1166  On this day in history death of willem I, the Bad, king of Sicily (1154-66)  

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

1427  Death of Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English churchman on May - 07.  

1523  Franz von Sickingen, Germ knight/protect of poor, dies of wounds at 42 on this day in history.  

1539  On this day in history death of guru Nanak Dev, Founder of Sikhism (b. 1469)  

1617  David Fabricius, German astronomer, dies at 53 on May - 07.  

1667  On May - 07 johann Jakob Froberger, German organist/singer/composer, dies at 50  

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1671  Edward Montagu, English baron Kimbolton, dies at about 68 on this day in history.  

1673  Johannes Teellinck, Dutch vicar, dies at about 58 on this day in history.  

1682  Death of Tsar Feodor III of Russia (b. 1661) on May - 07.  

1718  Death of Mary of Modena, wife of James II of England (b. 1658) on this day in history.  

1736  On this day in history john Weldon, composer, dies at 60  

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

1793  On May - 07 johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt admiral (battle of Doggersbank), dies at 68  

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

1805  Death of William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1737) on May - 07.  

1814  On May - 07 franz Volrath Buttstett, composer, dies at 79  

1818  Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1825  On this day in history antonio Salieri, Italian composer, dies in Vienna at 74  

1836  On this day in history norbert Burgmuller, composer, dies at 26  

1840  Death of Caspar David Friedrich, German painter (b. 1774) on this day in history.  

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  Louis Papineau, political reformer, dies on this day in history.  

1876  On May - 07 franz count of Pocci, German artist/composer (Alchemist), dies at 69  

1884  Judah P Benjamin, confederate minister of War, dies at 72 on May - 07.  

1887  Death of C. F. W. Walther, American Lutheran theologian (b. 1811) on this day in history.  

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

1900  Richard Storrs Willis, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1904  On May - 07 peter Hille, writer, dies  

1914  Edward Mollenhauer, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.  

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1328  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1643  Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700) was born on May - 07.  

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 May - 07.  

1740  On May - 07 birth of nikolai Arkharov, Russian general (d. 1814)