Famous Deaths Happened In May - 23

1125  On May - 23 hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies   

1153  David I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68 on May - 23.   

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  Death of Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45 on May - 23.   

1523  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)   

1524  On May - 23 death of ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487)   

1568  On this day in history adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27   

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

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

1662  On May - 23 death of john Gauden, English bishop and writer (b. 1605)   

1668  Death of Philips Wouwerman, Haarlems painter, buried on this day in history.   

1670  On May - 23 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 May - 23 death of william Kidd, Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock   

1752  Death of William Bradford, English-born printer (b. 1663) on this day in history.   

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

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

1785  William Woollett, engraver, dies on this day in history.   

1786  On May - 23 death of móric Beňovský, Slovak officer and explorer, King of Madagascar (b. 1746)   

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

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

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

1838  John W Janssens, gov-gen (Cape Colony), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1841  On May - 23 franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 76   

1842  Jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet, dies at 34 on this day in history.   

1846  On this day in history death of franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Polish politician (b. 1778)   

1851  On May - 23 lucas Pieter Roodbaard, architect, dies at 69   

1855  Death of Charles Robert Malden, English explorer (b. 1797) on May - 23.   

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

1860  Albert Richard Smith, author/lecturer, dies on May - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1617  On this day in history birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary   

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

1644  Thomas Eisenhut, composer was born on this day in history.   

1696  On this day in history birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer