Famous Deaths Happened In May - 13
Saturday, 06 December 2025
0384 On this day in history servatius/Aravatius, bishop of Tongeren, dies at 65+ 

1162 On May - 13 death of géza II of Hungary 

1176 Death of Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1119) on this day in history. 

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 this day in history. 

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 On May - 13 death of johan van Oldenbarnevelt, lands advocate, beheaded 

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 On May - 13 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 Johann Michael Malzat, composer, dies at 38 on May - 13. 

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 On May - 13 johann Matthias Sperger, composer, dies at 62 

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

1832 Death of Georges Cuvier, French naturalist (b. 1769) on May - 13. 

1835 On this day in history john Nash, British town planner/architect (Regent's Park), dies 

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

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 On this day in history kaspar Masek, composer, dies at 79 

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

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 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 this day in history. 

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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