Famous Deaths In May - 07

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

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

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

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 May - 07.  

1539  On May - 07 death of guru Nanak Dev, Founder of Sikhism (b. 1469)  

1617  David Fabricius, German astronomer, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

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

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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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1736  John Weldon, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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  Laurens P van Spiegel, regent/pension advisor (1787-95), dies at 64 on May - 07.  

1805  Death of William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1737) on May - 07.  

1814  On May - 07 franz Volrath Buttstett, composer, dies at 79  

1818  On May - 07 leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer, dies at 70  

1825  Antonio Salieri, Italian composer, dies in Vienna at 74 on May - 07.  

1836  Norbert Burgmuller, composer, dies at 26 on this day in history.  

1840  Death of Caspar David Friedrich, German painter (b. 1774) on this day in history.  

1863  On May - 07 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 May - 07.  

1871  Louis Papineau, political reformer, dies on this day in history.  

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 May - 07 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 this day in history.  

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

1904  Peter Hille, writer, dies on this day in history.  

1914  On May - 07 edward Mollenhauer, composer, dies at 87  

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

1643  Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700) was born on this day in history.  

1700  On this day in history birth of gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist  

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

1724  On May - 07 birth of dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797)  

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