Famous Deaths In May - 19

0804  Alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69 on this day in history.  

0988  Dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies on this day in history.  

1102  Death of Stephen, Count of Blois (b. c. 1045) on this day in history.  

1125  On this day in history death of vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053)  

1296  On May - 19 celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies  

1319  On May - 19 death of louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276)  

1389  On this day in history death of dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350)  

1526  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464)  

1531  Death of Jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456) on May - 19.  

1536  On this day in history death of anne Boleyn, Queen of England/wife of Henry VIII, beheaded  

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1601  On this day in history death of costanzo Porta, Italian composer  

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

1637  On this day in history death of isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (b. 1588)  

1647  Sebastian Vrancx, Flemish painter (captain of vigilante), dies on May - 19.  

1653  Carel Reyniersz, gov-gen of Neth East Indies, dies at 48 on May - 19.  

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

1786  On May - 19 john Stanley, composer, dies at 74  

1795  On May - 19 josiah Bartlett, US physician/judge (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 65  

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 this day in history.  

1821  Death of Camille Jordan, French politician (b. 1771) on May - 19.  

1825  Death of Claude Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de Saint-Simon, French political philosopher (b. 1760) on May - 19.  

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 May - 19 johan van Dale, schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Wordbook), dies at 44  

1876  On this day in history guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian/politician, dies at 74  

1885  On this day in history death of peter W. Barlow, English engineer (b. 1809)  

1890  On May - 19 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  Death of Auguste Molinier, French historian (b. 1851) on this day in history.  

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1469  On May - 19 birth of giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor  

1611  On May - 19 birth of innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89)  

1616  On May - 19 birth of johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer  

1700  On this day in history birth of josé de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770)  

1724  On May - 19 birth of augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779)  

1744  On this day in history birth of charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818)  

1746  Johann Friedrich Peter, composer was born on May - 19.  

1755  On May - 19 birth of gabriele Prota, composer