Famous Deaths In May - 07

0685  Marwan I ibn al-Hakam, 4th kalief of Omajjaden (684-85), dies on May - 07.  

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

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

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

1205  On May - 07 ladislaus III Arpad, King of Hungary (1204-05), dies at 5 or 6  

1427  On May - 07 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  Death of Guru Nanak Dev, Founder of Sikhism (b. 1469) on this day in history.  

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

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

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1671  Edward Montagu, English baron Kimbolton, dies at about 68 on May - 07.  

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

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

1718  On May - 07 death of mary of Modena, wife of James II of England (b. 1658)  

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  Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt admiral (battle of Doggersbank), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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  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  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 this day in history death of henry Peter Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778)  

1871  Louis Papineau, political reformer, dies on May - 07.  

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 this day in history death of c. F. W. Walther, American Lutheran theologian (b. 1811)  

1896  Death of H. H. Holmes (Herman Webster Mudgett) , American serial killer (b. 1860) on May - 07.  

1900  On May - 07 richard Storrs Willis, composer, dies at 81  

1904  On May - 07 peter Hille, writer, dies  

1914  Edward Mollenhauer, composer, dies at 87 on May - 07.  

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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 May - 07.  

1574  Innocent X, [Giambattista Pamfili], 236th pope (1644-55) was born on this day in history.  

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

1700  Gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist was born on this day in history.  

1704  On May - 07 birth of carl Heinrich Graun, composer  

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)