Famous Deaths In May - 13

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

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  John of Chatillon, governor/viceroy of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

1390  On May - 13 robert II the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90), dies   

1573  On May - 13 death of takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (b. 1521)   

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

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

1732  Theodor Schwartzkopff, composer, dies at 72 on May - 13.   

1742  Death of Ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1719) on May - 13.   

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

1787  On this day in history 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  On May - 13 johann Matthias Sperger, composer, dies at 62   

1831  On May - 13 christian G Korner, German lawyer, dies at 74   

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 this day in history.   

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  Death of Jules-Nicolas Crevaux, French explorer, murdered at 35 on May - 13.   

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

1885  Juliana Horatia [Gatty] Ewing, author (Lob Lie-by-the-Fire), dies on May - 13.   

1892  Jean Alexander Ferdinand Poise, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1896  On May - 13 nora Perry, writer, dies   

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 May - 13 jan Boissevain, ship owner/politician, dies   

1914  On May - 13 r E Foster, only dual England captain at cricket & soccer, dies   

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

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

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

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

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

1592  On May - 13 birth of john Cloppenburg, vicar/theologist   

1638  On May - 13 birth of richard Simon, French Biblical critic (d. 1712)   

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

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