Famous Deaths In May - 13

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

1162  Death of Géza II of Hungary on May - 13.  

1176  On this day in history death of matthias I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1119)  

1312  Death of Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1263) on May - 13.  

1381  On this day in history 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 May - 13.  

1619  Death of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, lands advocate, beheaded on May - 13.  

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

1732  On this day in history theodor Schwartzkopff, composer, dies at 72  

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

1776  On this day in history anton de Haen, medical Ratio medendi, dies at 71  

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

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 May - 13 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 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 this day in history.  

1882  Death of Jules-Nicolas Crevaux, French explorer, murdered at 35 on May - 13.  

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 May - 13.  

1896  On this day in history nora Perry, writer, dies  

1901  Death of Leopoldo Alas y Ureña, a.k.a. "Clarín", Spanish novelist and literary critic (b. 1851) on May - 13.  

1904  Jan Boissevain, ship owner/politician, dies on this day in history.  

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

1254  Maria of Brabant, queen of France (d. 1321) was born on this day in history.  

1314  On May - 13 birth of sergius of Radonesh, Russian saint  

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 this day in history 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.