Famous Deaths Happened In May - 19
Monday, 02 February 2026
0804 Alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69 on May - 19. 

0988 On this day in history dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies 

1125 Death of Vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053) on May - 19. 

1296 Celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies on May - 19. 

1319 Death of Louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276) on this day in history. 

1389 On May - 19 death of dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350) 

1526 On May - 19 death of emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464) 

1531 On this day in history death of jan Åaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456) 

1536 Death of Anne Boleyn, Queen of England/wife of Henry VIII, beheaded on May - 19. 

1601 Death of Costanzo Porta, Italian composer on this day in history. 

1610 On May - 19 death of thomas Sanchez, Spanish theologian (b. 1550) 

1637 Death of Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (b. 1588) on May - 19. 

1647 On this day in history sebastian Vrancx, Flemish painter (captain of vigilante), dies 

1653 Carel Reyniersz, gov-gen of Neth East Indies, dies at 48 on this day in history. 

1715 Death of Charles Montagu, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1661) on May - 19. 

1786 John Stanley, composer, dies at 74 on May - 19. 

1795 Josiah Bartlett, US physician/judge (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 65 on this day in history. 

1798 Death of William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English dueler (b. 1722) on this day in history. 

1800 On May - 19 death of french Bosbeeck, veterinarian/robber, hanged 

1801 Herman H Vitringa, politician (National Meetings), dies on May - 19. 

1821 Death of Camille Jordan, French politician (b. 1771) on this day in history. 

1825 Death of Claude Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de Saint-Simon, French political philosopher (b. 1760) on this day in history. 

1845 Maria EJ Versfelt, mistress of general Moreau/marshal Ney, dies at 68 on May - 19. 

1864 Nathaniel Hawthorne, US, writer (Scarlet Letter), dies on May - 19. 

1872 On this day in history johan van Dale, schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Wordbook), dies at 44 

1876 Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian/politician, dies at 74 on this day in history. 

1885 Death of Peter W. Barlow, English engineer (b. 1809) on this day in history. 

1890 On this day in history gus Kempis, cricketer (S Africa's 1st Test), dies of fever at 24 

1895 On this day in history jose J Marti y Perez, Spanish/Cuban poet (Versos sencillos), dies 

1898 Death of William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1809) on this day in history. 

1901 Marthinus Wessels Pretorius, 1st pres Rep South-Africa, dies at 81 on this day in history. 

1903 Arthur Shrewsbury, cricketer (1277 runs at 35 47 in 23 Tests), dies on May - 19. 

1904 On May - 19 death of auguste Molinier, French historian (b. 1851) 

1907 On May - 19 death of benjamin Baker, English engineer (b. 1840) 

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