Famous Deaths In May - 23

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

1153  On May - 23 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  On this day in history benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies  

1498  On May - 23 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  Luis de Gongora y Argote, poet/writer, dies on this day in history.  

1648  Luis de Nain, painter, dies on May - 23.  

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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 this day in history.  

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

1684  On May - 23 death of adriaen Backer, Amsterdams painter buried at about 48  

1691  On May - 23 death of adrien Auzout, French astronomer (b. 1622)  

1701  On this day in history 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 May - 23 john Wood, architect/town planner, dies  

1783  On May - 23 james Otis, American lawyer, dies  

1785  On this day in history william Woollett, engraver, dies  

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

1813  Death of Geraud Duroc, French general (b. 1772) on May - 23.  

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  John W Janssens, gov-gen (Cape Colony), dies at 75 on May - 23.  

1841  On this day in history franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 76  

1842  On this day in history jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet, dies at 34  

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 this day in history.  

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

1857  Death of Augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician (b. 1789) on May - 23.  

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

1867  On this day in history archibald Alison, Scottish historian, dies at 74  

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

1598  On this day in history birth of claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized  

1606  Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.  

1617  Elias Ashmole, antiquary was born on May - 23.  

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