Famous Deaths In May - 13

0384  Servatius/Aravatius, bishop of Tongeren, dies at 65+ on this day in history.  

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

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  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  On this day in history death of takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (b. 1521)  

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

1704  On May - 13 death of louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (b. 1632)  

1732  Theodor Schwartzkopff, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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1742  Death of Ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1719) on May - 13.  

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  Martin Gerbert, composer, dies at 72 on May - 13.  

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

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

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

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

1873  Kaspar Masek, composer, dies at 79 on May - 13.  

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

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. "Clarín", Spanish novelist and literary critic (b. 1851) on May - 13.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1638  Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (d. 1712) was born on May - 13.  

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 this day in history.