Famous Deaths In May - 13

0384  On this day in history servatius/Aravatius, bishop of Tongeren, dies at 65+  

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

1176  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

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1742  On this day in history death of ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1719)  

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

1787  Johann Michael Malzat, composer, dies at 38 on May - 13.  

1793  On this day in history martin Gerbert, composer, dies at 72  

1807  On this day in history 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 May - 13 christian G Korner, German lawyer, dies at 74  

1832  On this day in history death of georges Cuvier, French naturalist (b. 1769)  

1835  John Nash, British town planner/architect (Regent's Park), dies on May - 13.  

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 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  On this day in history death of jules-Nicolas Crevaux, French explorer, murdered at 35  

1884  Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor, dies on May - 13.  

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

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

1896  On May - 13 nora Perry, writer, dies  

1901  Death of Leopoldo Alas y Ureña, a.k.a. "Clarín", Spanish novelist and literary critic (b. 1851) on this day in history.  

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  On May - 13 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 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 May - 13.  

1588  On May - 13 birth of ole Worm, Danish physician (d. 1654)  

1592  On this day in history birth of john Cloppenburg, vicar/theologist  

1638  Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (d. 1712) was born on this day in history.  

1655  On this day in history birth of innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Italy, 244th Pope (1721-24)  

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