Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 17

1884  Louis brassin: Composer,   

1886  John deere: American blacksmith and manufacturer (b. 1804)   

1888  Giacomo zanella: Italian poet (b. 1820)   

1889  William roxby beverly: Artist,   

1892  Gyorgy klapka: Hungarian general/parliament leader,   

1914  Peter leyten: Bishop of breda (1885-1914),   

1916  Gervais bernard gaston salvayre: Composer,   

1917  Charles anthoni johnson brooke: Ruler of sarawak (b. 1829)   

1919  Bohumil pazdirek: Composer,   

1920  Maitland hathorn: Cricketer (325 runs in 12 tests s afr 1901-11),   

1926  Lucien herr: French leader (correspondance entre schiller),   

1927  Harold geiger: U.s. army aviation pioneer (b. 1884)   

1930  Herbert david croly: Us founder (new republic),   

1931  Johan [eliza j] de master: Art critic/writer,   

1935  Paul dukas: French composer (b. 1865)   

1936  Panagis tsaldaris: Twice greek prime minister (b. 1868)   

1938  Jakob ehrlich: Austrian politician and zionist (b. 1877)   

1943  Montagu love: Actor (wind),   

1945  Jan van geenen: Resistance fighter,   

1947  George william forbes: Prime minister of new zealand (b. 1869)   

1950  Eduardo fabini: Composer,   

1951  Karl heinrich david: Composer,   

1953  Eric de lamarter: Composer,   

1955  Alan fairfax: Cricketer (10 tests for australia 1928-31),   

1957  Shalva azmayparashvili: Composer,   

1961  Frans van cauwelaert: Flemish minister/mayor of antwerp,   

1963  John wilce: Physician and former head football coach at the ohio state university (b. 1888)   

1964  Otto v kuusinen: Pres of karelo-finnish soviet rep (1940-56),   

1967  John wesley work: Composer,   

1969  Joseph beran: Czech archbishop of prague/cardinal,   

1970  Nigel m balchin: English author (my executioner),   

1973  Alexander j kropholler: Dutch architect/writer,   

1974  Charles braswell: Actor (only game in town),   

1978  John selwyn brooke selwyn lloyd: Speaker of house of commons,   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

1155  Jien: Japanese poet and historian   

1443  Edmund: Earl of rutland, brother of kings edward iv of england and richard iii of england   

1444  Sandro botticelli: Italian painter (birth of venus)   

1451  Engelbert ii: Earl of nassau-dillenburg-dietz/viceroy of luxembourg   

1490  Albrecht von hohenzollern: 1st duke of prussia   

1551  Martinus a del rio: Spanish/south neth lawyer/historian/theologist   

1551  Martin delrio: Flemish theologian and occultist   

1568  Christoph thomas walliser: Composer