Famous Deaths In May - 13

0384  Servatius/Aravatius, bishop of Tongeren, dies at 65+ on this day in history.   

1162  On May - 13 death of géza II of Hungary   

1176  On this day in history death of matthias I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1119)   

1312  Death of Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1263) on this day in history.   

1381  On May - 13 john of Chatillon, governor/viceroy of Holland, dies   

1390  Robert II the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90), dies on May - 13.   

1573  On this day in history death of takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (b. 1521)   

1619  On this day in history death of johan van Oldenbarnevelt, lands advocate, beheaded   

1704  On May - 13 death of louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (b. 1632)   

1732  On May - 13 theodor Schwartzkopff, composer, dies at 72   

1742  On May - 13 death of ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1719)   

1776  On May - 13 anton de Haen, medical Ratio medendi, dies at 71   

1787  On May - 13 johann Michael Malzat, composer, dies at 38   

1793  On this day in history martin Gerbert, composer, dies at 72   

1807  Death of Eliphalet Dyer, American statesman and judge (b. 1721) on May - 13.   

1812  Johann Matthias Sperger, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1831  On this day in history christian G Korner, German lawyer, dies at 74   

1832  On May - 13 death of georges Cuvier, French naturalist (b. 1769)   

1835  On May - 13 john Nash, British town planner/architect (Regent's Park), dies   

1839  On this day in history israel Ashkenazi of Shklov, found Ashkenazic community (1815), dies   

1864  On this day in history junius Daniel, Confederate brig-general, dies at 35   

1866  On this day in history death of nikolai Brashman, Russian mathematician (b. 1796)   

1873  Kaspar Masek, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1882  On May - 13 death of jules-Nicolas Crevaux, French explorer, murdered at 35   

1884  Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor, dies on this day in history.   

1885  Juliana Horatia [Gatty] Ewing, author (Lob Lie-by-the-Fire), dies on this day in history.   

1892  On May - 13 jean Alexander Ferdinand Poise, composer, dies at 63   

1896  Nora Perry, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history death of leopoldo Alas y Ureña, a.k.a. "Clarín", Spanish novelist and literary critic (b. 1851)   

1904  On this day in history jan Boissevain, ship owner/politician, dies   

1914  R E Foster, only dual England captain at cricket & soccer, dies on May - 13.   

1916  On this day in history sholem Aleichem, yiddish writer (Fiddler on the Roof), dies   

1921  Death of Jean Aicard, French poet and novelist (b. 1848) on May - 13.   

1925  Boris V Savinkov, Russian writer/terrorist, dies on May - 13.   

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1024  On May - 13 birth of hugh of Cluny, French saint (d. 1109)   

1254  Maria of Brabant, queen of France (d. 1321) was born on May - 13.   

1314  On May - 13 birth of sergius of Radonesh, Russian saint   

1588  Ole Worm, Danish physician (d. 1654) was born on this day in history.   

1592  John Cloppenburg, vicar/theologist was born on May - 13.   

1638  On this day in history birth of richard Simon, French Biblical critic (d. 1712)   

1655  On this day in history birth of innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Italy, 244th Pope (1721-24)   

1699  On May - 13 birth of marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1782)