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  Death of Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer on May - 23.   

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  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 May - 23 adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27   

1627  On this day in history luis de Gongora y Argote, poet/writer, dies   

1648  On this day in history luis de Nain, painter, dies   

1662  On this day in history death of john Gauden, English bishop and writer (b. 1605)   

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 May - 23.   

1691  Death of Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (b. 1622) on this day in history.   

1701  Death of William Kidd, Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock on May - 23.   

1752  On May - 23 death of william Bradford, English-born printer (b. 1663)   

1754  On May - 23 john Wood, architect/town planner, dies   

1783  James Otis, American lawyer, dies on May - 23.   

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  On this day in history death of geraud Duroc, French general (b. 1772)   

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  On this day in history 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  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  On May - 23 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  On May - 23 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 May - 23.   

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  On this day in history birth of juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)   

1617  On May - 23 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 May - 23.   

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