Famous Deaths In May - 13

0384  Servatius/Aravatius, bishop of Tongeren, dies at 65+ on May - 13.  

1162  On May - 13 death of géza II of Hungary  

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

1312  On this day in history death of theobald II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1263)  

1381  John of Chatillon, governor/viceroy of Holland, dies on May - 13.  

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

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

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

1704  On this day in history death of louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (b. 1632)  

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

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

1776  Anton de Haen, medical Ratio medendi, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1787  Johann Michael Malzat, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.  

1793  On May - 13 martin Gerbert, composer, dies at 72  

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

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  Death of Georges Cuvier, French naturalist (b. 1769) on this day in history.  

1835  On this day in history 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 May - 13 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 May - 13.  

1882  Death of Jules-Nicolas Crevaux, French explorer, murdered at 35 on May - 13.  

1884  On May - 13 cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor, dies  

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

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

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  On this day in history 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 May - 13.  

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

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

1588  Ole Worm, Danish physician (d. 1654) was born on May - 13.  

1592  John Cloppenburg, vicar/theologist was born on this day in history.  

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

1655  On May - 13 birth of innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Italy, 244th Pope (1721-24)  

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