Famous Deaths Happened In May - 07

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

0973  On this day in history 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  Death of Willem I, the Bad, king of Sicily (1154-66) on this day in history.   

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  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  On this day in history johann Jakob Froberger, German organist/singer/composer, dies at 50   

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

1673  On this day in history johannes Teellinck, Dutch vicar, dies at about 58   

1682  Death of Tsar Feodor III of Russia (b. 1661) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1793  On this day in history johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt admiral (battle of Doggersbank), dies at 68   

1800  Laurens P van Spiegel, regent/pension advisor (1787-95), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1805  On this day in history death of william Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1737)   

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  Antonio Salieri, Italian composer, dies in Vienna at 74 on May - 07.   

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

1868  Death of Henry Peter Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778) on May - 07.   

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  On this day in history judah P Benjamin, confederate minister of War, dies at 72   

1887  Death of C. F. W. Walther, American Lutheran theologian (b. 1811) on May - 07.   

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

1900  Richard Storrs Willis, composer, dies at 81 on May - 07.   

1904  On May - 07 peter Hille, writer, dies   

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

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1328  Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1365) was born on this day in history.   

1530  On May - 07 birth of louis I Condé, French prince/leader of hugenots   

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

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

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