Famous Deaths Happened In May - 07
Sunday, 26 October 2025
0685 On this day in history marwan I ibn al-Hakam, 4th kalief of Omajjaden (684-85), dies 

0973 On May - 07 otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at 60 

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 this day in history. 

1205 Ladislaus III Arpad, King of Hungary (1204-05), dies at 5 or 6 on this day in history. 

1427 On May - 07 death of thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English churchman 

1523 On this day in history 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 On this day in history johann Jakob Froberger, German organist/singer/composer, dies at 50 

1671 On May - 07 edward Montagu, English baron Kimbolton, dies at about 68 

1673 Johannes Teellinck, Dutch vicar, dies at about 58 on May - 07. 

1682 On this day in history 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 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 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 this day in history. 

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

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

1836 On May - 07 norbert Burgmuller, composer, dies at 26 

1840 On this day in history death of caspar David Friedrich, German painter (b. 1774) 

1863 Amiel Weeks Whipple, US Union gen-major, dies of injuries at 46 on May - 07. 

1868 Death of Henry Peter Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778) on May - 07. 

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 this day in history judah P Benjamin, confederate minister of War, dies at 72 

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 May - 07. 

1900 Richard Storrs Willis, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history. 

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

1914 On this day in history edward Mollenhauer, composer, dies at 87 

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