Famous Deaths In May - 13

0384  On this day in history 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 May - 13.  

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  On May - 13 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  Death of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, lands advocate, beheaded on this day in history.  

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

1776  Anton de Haen, medical Ratio medendi, dies at 71 on May - 13.  

1787  On May - 13 johann Michael Malzat, composer, dies at 38  

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

1807  Death of Eliphalet Dyer, American statesman and judge (b. 1721) on this day in history.  

1812  On May - 13 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 May - 13.  

1839  Israel Ashkenazi of Shklov, found Ashkenazic community (1815), dies on this day in history.  

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

1866  On May - 13 death of nikolai Brashman, Russian mathematician (b. 1796)  

1873  On this day in history kaspar Masek, composer, dies at 79  

1882  On this day in history death of jules-Nicolas Crevaux, French explorer, murdered at 35  

1884  Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor, dies on this day in history.  

1885  Juliana Horatia [Gatty] Ewing, author (Lob Lie-by-the-Fire), dies on May - 13.  

1892  On this day in history jean Alexander Ferdinand Poise, composer, dies at 63  

1896  Nora Perry, writer, dies on May - 13.  

1901  On this day in history death of leopoldo Alas y Ureña, a.k.a. "Clarín", Spanish novelist and literary critic (b. 1851)  

1904  On this day in history jan Boissevain, ship owner/politician, dies  

1914  R E Foster, only dual England captain at cricket & soccer, dies on May - 13.  

1916  Sholem Aleichem, yiddish writer (Fiddler on the Roof), dies on May - 13.  

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 May - 13.  

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1024  On this day in history birth of hugh of Cluny, French saint (d. 1109)  

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 May - 13.  

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

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