Famous Deaths In May - 07

0685  On this day in history 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 May - 07.  

1092  Death of Remigius de Fécamp, first bishop of Lincoln (b. unknown) on May - 07.  

1166  On this day in history death of willem I, the Bad, king of Sicily (1154-66)  

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 May - 07 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  David Fabricius, German astronomer, dies at 53 on May - 07.  

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

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

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

1682  Death of Tsar Feodor III of Russia (b. 1661) on May - 07.  

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  Aert Schouman, Dutch bird/portrait painter, dies at 82 on May - 07.  

1793  On this day in history 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 May - 07.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1868  On May - 07 death of henry Peter Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778)  

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

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

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

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 May - 07 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 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.