Famous Deaths In May - 23

1125  On May - 23 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  Death of Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer on this day in history.  

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

1498  Death of Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45 on this day in history.  

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

1524  On this day in history death of ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487)  

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  

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

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

1670  Death of Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1610) on this day in history.  

1684  Death of Adriaen Backer, Amsterdams painter buried at about 48 on this day in history.  

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 May - 23.  

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

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 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  On this day in history charles Wesley, composer, dies at 76  

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 May - 23.  

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  On this day in history death of augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician (b. 1789)  

1860  Albert Richard Smith, author/lecturer, dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of king Philip I of France (d. 1108)  

1100  On May - 23 birth of emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)  

1598  On May - 23 birth of claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized  

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

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

1620  Pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized was born on May - 23.  

1644  On this day in history birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer  

1696  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on May - 23.