Famous Deaths Happened In May - 13
Friday, 23 May 2025
0384 On this day in history servatius/Aravatius, bishop of Tongeren, dies at 65+
1162 Death of Géza II of Hungary on this day in history.
1176 On May - 13 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 John of Chatillon, governor/viceroy of Holland, dies on May - 13.
1390 Robert II the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90), dies on this day in history.
1573 On May - 13 death of takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (b. 1521)
1619 Death of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, lands advocate, beheaded on May - 13.
1704 On May - 13 death of louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (b. 1632)
1732 On this day in history theodor Schwartzkopff, composer, dies at 72
1742 On this day in history death of ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1719)
1776 On this day in history anton de Haen, medical Ratio medendi, dies at 71
1787 On this day in history johann Michael Malzat, composer, dies at 38
1793 On May - 13 martin Gerbert, composer, dies at 72
1807 Death of Eliphalet Dyer, American statesman and judge (b. 1721) on this day in history.
1812 Johann Matthias Sperger, composer, dies at 62 on May - 13.
1831 Christian G Korner, German lawyer, dies at 74 on May - 13.
1832 Death of Georges Cuvier, French naturalist (b. 1769) on this day in history.
1835 John Nash, British town planner/architect (Regent's Park), dies on May - 13.
1839 Israel Ashkenazi of Shklov, found Ashkenazic community (1815), dies on May - 13.
1864 Junius Daniel, Confederate brig-general, dies at 35 on May - 13.
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 May - 13.
1885 On this day in history juliana Horatia [Gatty] Ewing, author (Lob Lie-by-the-Fire), dies
1892 Jean Alexander Ferdinand Poise, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.
1896 On this day in history nora Perry, writer, dies
1901 Death of Leopoldo Alas y Ureña, a.k.a. "ClarÃn", Spanish novelist and literary critic (b. 1851) on May - 13.
1904 On May - 13 jan Boissevain, ship owner/politician, dies
1914 R E Foster, only dual England captain at cricket & soccer, dies on May - 13.
1916 Sholem Aleichem, yiddish writer (Fiddler on the Roof), dies on this day in history.
1921 On this day in history death of jean Aicard, French poet and novelist (b. 1848)
1925 On May - 13 boris V Savinkov, Russian writer/terrorist, dies
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