Famous Deaths In May - 23

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

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 May - 23.  

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

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

1523  On May - 23 death of ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)  

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

1568  On May - 23 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  On this day in history luis de Nain, painter, dies  

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1662  Death of John Gauden, English bishop and writer (b. 1605) on this day in history.  

1668  On this day in history 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  On May - 23 death of adrien Auzout, French astronomer (b. 1622)  

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

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 May - 23 william Woollett, engraver, dies  

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  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  On May - 23 john W Janssens, gov-gen (Cape Colony), dies at 75  

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

1842  On May - 23 jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet, dies at 34  

1846  On May - 23 death of franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Polish politician (b. 1778)  

1851  On this day in history lucas Pieter Roodbaard, architect, dies at 69  

1855  On May - 23 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 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  King Philip I of France (d. 1108) was born on this day in history.  

1100  On this day in history birth of emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)  

1598  Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized was born on this day in history.  

1606  On May - 23 birth of juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)  

1617  Elias Ashmole, antiquary was born on this day in history.  

1620  On May - 23 birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized  

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

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