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 this day in history.  

1092  Death of Remigius de Fécamp, first bishop of Lincoln (b. unknown) on this day in history.  

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  Death of Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English churchman on May - 07.  

1523  On May - 07 franz von Sickingen, Germ knight/protect of poor, dies of wounds at 42  

1539  On this day in history death of guru Nanak Dev, Founder of Sikhism (b. 1469)  

1617  On May - 07 david Fabricius, German astronomer, dies at 53  

1667  Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist/singer/composer, dies at 50 on May - 07.  

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1671  On this day in history edward Montagu, English baron Kimbolton, dies at about 68  

1673  On May - 07 johannes Teellinck, Dutch vicar, dies at about 58  

1682  On May - 07 death of tsar Feodor III of Russia (b. 1661)  

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

1814  Franz Volrath Buttstett, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1818  On this day in history leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer, dies at 70  

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  Death of Caspar David Friedrich, German painter (b. 1774) on May - 07.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1876  Franz count of Pocci, German artist/composer (Alchemist), dies at 69 on May - 07.  

1884  On May - 07 judah P Benjamin, confederate minister of War, dies at 72  

1887  Death of C. F. W. Walther, American Lutheran theologian (b. 1811) on this day in history.  

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  Peter Hille, writer, dies on May - 07.  

1914  On this day in history 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  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 May - 07 birth of stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700)  

1700  Gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist was born on May - 07.  

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

1724  On this day in history birth of dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797)  

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