Famous Deaths In May - 13

0384  On May - 13 servatius/Aravatius, bishop of Tongeren, dies at 65+  

1162  On this day in history 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 May - 13.  

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

1573  Death of Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (b. 1521) on May - 13.  

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

1704  Death of Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (b. 1632) on this day in history.  

1732  On May - 13 theodor Schwartzkopff, composer, dies at 72  

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1742  On May - 13 death of ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1719)  

1776  On May - 13 anton de Haen, medical Ratio medendi, dies at 71  

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

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

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

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 May - 13 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 this day in history junius Daniel, Confederate brig-general, dies at 35  

1866  On this day in history death of nikolai Brashman, Russian mathematician (b. 1796)  

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

1882  On May - 13 death of jules-Nicolas Crevaux, French explorer, murdered at 35  

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

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

1892  Jean Alexander Ferdinand Poise, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1896  On May - 13 nora Perry, writer, dies  

1901  On May - 13 death of leopoldo Alas y Ureña, a.k.a. "Clarín", Spanish novelist and literary critic (b. 1851)  

1904  On May - 13 jan Boissevain, ship owner/politician, dies  

1914  R E Foster, only dual England captain at cricket & soccer, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

1925  On May - 13 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

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 May - 13.