Famous Deaths Happened In May - 07
Sunday, 17 August 2025
0685 On May - 07 marwan I ibn al-Hakam, 4th kalief of Omajjaden (684-85), dies
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 this day in history.
1205 Ladislaus III Arpad, King of Hungary (1204-05), dies at 5 or 6 on May - 07.
1427 On May - 07 death of thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English churchman
1523 Franz von Sickingen, Germ knight/protect of poor, dies of wounds at 42 on May - 07.
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.
1671 Edward Montagu, English baron Kimbolton, dies at about 68 on May - 07.
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 May - 07.
1718 On this day in history death of mary of Modena, wife of James II of England (b. 1658)
1736 John Weldon, composer, dies at 60 on May - 07.
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 May - 07.
1805 On May - 07 death of william Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1737)
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 this day in history antonio Salieri, Italian composer, dies in Vienna at 74
1836 Norbert Burgmuller, composer, dies at 26 on May - 07.
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 this day in history.
1868 Death of Henry Peter Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778) on May - 07.
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 On this day in history judah P Benjamin, confederate minister of War, dies at 72
1887 On this day in history death of c. F. W. Walther, American Lutheran theologian (b. 1811)
1896 On this day in history death of h. H. Holmes (Herman Webster Mudgett) , American serial killer (b. 1860)
1900 Richard Storrs Willis, composer, dies at 81 on May - 07.
1904 On May - 07 peter Hille, writer, dies
1914 On May - 07 edward Mollenhauer, composer, dies at 87
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