Famous Deaths In May - 13

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  On May - 13 john of Chatillon, governor/viceroy of Holland, dies  

1390  On this day in history robert II the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90), dies  

1573  Death of Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (b. 1521) on this day in history.  

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  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 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  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 this day in history christian G Korner, German lawyer, dies at 74  

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

1835  John Nash, British town planner/architect (Regent's Park), dies on this day in history.  

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

1864  On this day in history junius Daniel, Confederate brig-general, dies at 35  

1866  Death of Nikolai Brashman, Russian mathematician (b. 1796) on this day in history.  

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

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 May - 13 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 this day in history.  

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  Boris V Savinkov, Russian writer/terrorist, dies on this day in history.  

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

1254  On this day in history birth of maria of Brabant, queen of France (d. 1321)  

1314  On this day in history birth of sergius of Radonesh, Russian saint  

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

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

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)