Famous Deaths In May - 23

1125  Hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies on May - 23.  

1153  On this day in history david I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68  

1304  On May - 23 death of jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer  

1423  Benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies on this day in history.  

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 May - 23.  

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

1568  Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27 on May - 23.  

1627  On May - 23 luis de Gongora y Argote, poet/writer, dies  

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

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1662  Death of John Gauden, English bishop and writer (b. 1605) on May - 23.  

1668  Death of Philips Wouwerman, Haarlems painter, buried on May - 23.  

1670  On this day in history death of ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1610)  

1684  Death of Adriaen Backer, Amsterdams painter buried at about 48 on May - 23.  

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

1701  Death of William Kidd, Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock on this day in history.  

1752  Death of William Bradford, English-born printer (b. 1663) on May - 23.  

1754  John Wood, architect/town planner, dies on May - 23.  

1783  James Otis, American lawyer, dies on May - 23.  

1785  On May - 23 william Woollett, engraver, dies  

1786  Death of Móric Beňovský, Slovak officer and explorer, King of Madagascar (b. 1746) on May - 23.  

1813  On May - 23 death of geraud Duroc, French general (b. 1772)  

1825  On this day in history death of ras Gugsa of Yejju, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia  

1834  Charles Wesley, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of charles Robert Malden, English explorer (b. 1797)  

1857  Death of Augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician (b. 1789) on this day in history.  

1860  On May - 23 albert Richard Smith, author/lecturer, dies  

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

1868  Death of Kit Carson, American trapper, scout, and Indian agent (b. 1809) on May - 23.  

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

1100  Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161) was born on this day in history.  

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

1606  On this day in history birth of juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)  

1617  On May - 23 birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary  

1620  Pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized was born on this day in history.  

1644  On May - 23 birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer  

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