Famous Deaths In May - 07

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

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

1092  On this day in history 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 May - 07.  

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  Death of Guru Nanak Dev, Founder of Sikhism (b. 1469) on May - 07.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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 May - 07 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 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  On this day in history franz Volrath Buttstett, composer, dies at 79  

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

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  On this day in history amiel Weeks Whipple, US Union gen-major, dies of injuries at 46  

1868  Death of Henry Peter Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778) on this day in history.  

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

1876  Franz count of Pocci, German artist/composer (Alchemist), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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 May - 07.  

1896  On this day in history death of h. H. Holmes (Herman Webster Mudgett) , American serial killer (b. 1860)  

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

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

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

1574  On this day in history birth of innocent X, [Giambattista Pamfili], 236th pope (1644-55)  

1643  On this day in history birth of stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700)  

1700  On this day in history 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 May - 07.  

1740  Nikolai Arkharov, Russian general (d. 1814) was born on this day in history.