Famous Deaths In May - 07

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

0973  Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1092  On May - 07 death of remigius de Fécamp, first bishop of Lincoln (b. unknown)  

1166  Death of Willem I, the Bad, king of Sicily (1154-66) on May - 07.  

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

1667  Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist/singer/composer, dies at 50 on May - 07.  

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 May - 07.  

1682  On this day in history death of tsar Feodor III of Russia (b. 1661)  

1718  On this day in history death of mary of Modena, wife of James II of England (b. 1658)  

1736  On May - 07 john Weldon, composer, dies at 60  

1792  Aert Schouman, Dutch bird/portrait painter, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

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

1800  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1836  On May - 07 norbert Burgmuller, composer, dies at 26  

1840  On May - 07 death of caspar David Friedrich, German painter (b. 1774)  

1863  On May - 07 amiel Weeks Whipple, US Union gen-major, dies of injuries at 46  

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  Franz count of Pocci, German artist/composer (Alchemist), dies at 69 on May - 07.  

1884  On May - 07 judah P Benjamin, confederate minister of War, dies at 72  

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  On this day in history peter Hille, writer, dies  

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

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

1530  On this day in history birth of louis I Condé, French prince/leader of hugenots  

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 this day in history.  

1700  On May - 07 birth of gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist  

1704  On this day in history birth of carl Heinrich Graun, composer  

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

1740  On this day in history birth of nikolai Arkharov, Russian general (d. 1814)