Famous Deaths In May - 13

0384  On May - 13 servatius/Aravatius, bishop of Tongeren, dies at 65+   

1162  On this day in history death of géza II of Hungary   

1176  On May - 13 death of matthias I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1119)   

1312  Death of Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1263) on May - 13.   

1381  On this day in history john of Chatillon, governor/viceroy of Holland, dies   

1390  Robert II the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90), dies on this day in history.   

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

1619  Death of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, lands advocate, beheaded on May - 13.   

1704  Death of Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (b. 1632) on this day in history.   

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  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  On May - 13 death of eliphalet Dyer, American statesman and judge (b. 1721)   

1812  On this day in history johann Matthias Sperger, composer, dies at 62   

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 this day in history john Nash, British town planner/architect (Regent's Park), dies   

1839  On May - 13 israel Ashkenazi of Shklov, found Ashkenazic community (1815), dies   

1864  Junius Daniel, Confederate brig-general, dies at 35 on May - 13.   

1866  On May - 13 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  On this day in history cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor, dies   

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

1892  On this day in history jean Alexander Ferdinand Poise, composer, dies at 63   

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

1901  On May - 13 death of leopoldo Alas y Ureña, a.k.a. "Clarín", Spanish novelist and literary critic (b. 1851)   

1904  Jan Boissevain, ship owner/politician, dies on May - 13.   

1914  R E Foster, only dual England captain at cricket & soccer, dies on this day in history.   

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

1921  On May - 13 death of jean Aicard, French poet and novelist (b. 1848)   

1925  On this day in history boris V Savinkov, Russian writer/terrorist, dies   

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1024  Hugh of Cluny, French saint (d. 1109) was born on this day in history.   

1254  On May - 13 birth of maria of Brabant, queen of France (d. 1321)   

1314  Sergius of Radonesh, Russian saint was born on this day in history.   

1588  On this day in history birth of ole Worm, Danish physician (d. 1654)   

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

1638  Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (d. 1712) was born on May - 13.   

1655  Innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Italy, 244th Pope (1721-24) was born on this day in history.   

1699  Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.