Famous Deaths In May - 23

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

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  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 May - 23.  

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

1568  Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27 on this day in history.  

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

1691  On this day in history 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 this day in history james Otis, American lawyer, dies  

1785  William Woollett, engraver, dies on May - 23.  

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 May - 23 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  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 this day in history.  

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  On May - 23 death of charles Robert Malden, English explorer (b. 1797)  

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 this day in history death of kit Carson, American trapper, scout, and Indian agent (b. 1809)  

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1052  King Philip I of France (d. 1108) was born on this day in history.  

1100  On May - 23 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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer  

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