Famous Deaths Happened In May - 23

1125  On this day in history hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies   

1153  David I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68 on this day in history.   

1304  On this day in history death of jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer   

1423  On May - 23 benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies   

1498  On this day in history death of girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45   

1523  Death of Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466) on this day in history.   

1524  Death of Ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487) on May - 23.   

1568  On May - 23 adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27   

1627  Luis de Gongora y Argote, poet/writer, dies on this day in history.   

1648  On May - 23 luis de Nain, painter, dies   

1662  On this day in history death of john Gauden, English bishop and writer (b. 1605)   

1668  On May - 23 death of philips Wouwerman, Haarlems painter, buried   

1670  On May - 23 death of ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1610)   

1684  On this day in history death of adriaen Backer, Amsterdams painter buried at about 48   

1691  Death of Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (b. 1622) on May - 23.   

1701  On May - 23 death of william Kidd, Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock   

1752  On May - 23 death of william Bradford, English-born printer (b. 1663)   

1754  On this day in history john Wood, architect/town planner, dies   

1783  James Otis, American lawyer, dies on this day in history.   

1785  On May - 23 william Woollett, engraver, dies   

1786  Death of Móric Beňovský, Slovak officer and explorer, King of Madagascar (b. 1746) on this day in history.   

1813  Death of Geraud Duroc, French general (b. 1772) on this day in history.   

1825  Death of Ras Gugsa of Yejju, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia on May - 23.   

1834  Charles Wesley, composer, dies at 76 on May - 23.   

1838  On this day in history john W Janssens, gov-gen (Cape Colony), dies at 75   

1841  Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 76 on May - 23.   

1842  Jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet, dies at 34 on May - 23.   

1846  Death of Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Polish politician (b. 1778) on this day in history.   

1851  Lucas Pieter Roodbaard, architect, dies at 69 on May - 23.   

1855  Death of Charles Robert Malden, English explorer (b. 1797) on this day in history.   

1857  On May - 23 death of augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician (b. 1789)   

1860  On this day in history albert Richard Smith, author/lecturer, dies   

1867  Archibald Alison, Scottish historian, dies at 74 on May - 23.   

1868  On May - 23 death of kit Carson, American trapper, scout, and Indian agent (b. 1809)   

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1052  On May - 23 birth of king Philip I of France (d. 1108)   

1100  On this day in history birth of emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)   

1598  Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized was born on May - 23.   

1606  Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) was born on May - 23.   

1617  On May - 23 birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary   

1620  On this day in history birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized   

1644  Thomas Eisenhut, composer was born on May - 23.   

1696  On May - 23 birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer