Famous Deaths Happened In May - 13
Thursday, 08 January 2026
0384 Servatius/Aravatius, bishop of Tongeren, dies at 65+ on this day in history. 

1162 Death of Géza II of Hungary on May - 13. 

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 On this day in history robert II the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90), dies 

1573 Death of Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (b. 1521) on May - 13. 

1619 Death of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, lands advocate, beheaded on this day in history. 

1704 Death of Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (b. 1632) on May - 13. 

1732 Theodor Schwartzkopff, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history. 

1742 Death of Ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1719) on this day in history. 

1776 Anton de Haen, medical Ratio medendi, dies at 71 on May - 13. 

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 May - 13. 

1831 Christian G Korner, German lawyer, dies at 74 on this day in history. 

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

1835 John Nash, British town planner/architect (Regent's Park), dies on this day in history. 

1839 Israel Ashkenazi of Shklov, found Ashkenazic community (1815), dies on May - 13. 

1864 Junius Daniel, Confederate brig-general, dies at 35 on this day in history. 

1866 On May - 13 death of nikolai Brashman, Russian mathematician (b. 1796) 

1873 On May - 13 kaspar Masek, composer, dies at 79 

1882 Death of Jules-Nicolas Crevaux, French explorer, murdered at 35 on this day in history. 

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

1885 On May - 13 juliana Horatia [Gatty] Ewing, author (Lob Lie-by-the-Fire), dies 

1892 Jean Alexander Ferdinand Poise, composer, dies at 63 on May - 13. 

1896 Nora Perry, writer, dies on May - 13. 

1901 Death of Leopoldo Alas y Ureña, a.k.a. "ClarÃn", Spanish novelist and literary critic (b. 1851) on May - 13. 

1904 Jan Boissevain, ship owner/politician, dies on this day in history. 

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 May - 13. 

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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