Famous Deaths In May - 13

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

1162  Death of Géza II of Hungary on this day in history.  

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 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 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  Anton de Haen, medical Ratio medendi, dies at 71 on May - 13.  

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

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

1807  On this day in history death of eliphalet Dyer, American statesman and judge (b. 1721)  

1812  Johann Matthias Sperger, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1831  Christian G Korner, German lawyer, dies at 74 on May - 13.  

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  On May - 13 junius Daniel, Confederate brig-general, dies at 35  

1866  Death of Nikolai Brashman, Russian mathematician (b. 1796) on May - 13.  

1873  On May - 13 kaspar Masek, composer, dies at 79  

1882  Death of Jules-Nicolas Crevaux, French explorer, murdered at 35 on this day in history.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1921  Death of Jean Aicard, French poet and novelist (b. 1848) on May - 13.  

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

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1024  On May - 13 birth of hugh of Cluny, French saint (d. 1109)  

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

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

1638  On this day in history 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  Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.