Famous Deaths In May - 23

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

1153  David I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68 on this day in history.  

1304  On May - 23 death of jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer  

1423  Benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies on May - 23.  

1498  Death of Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45 on May - 23.  

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

1627  Luis de Gongora y Argote, poet/writer, dies on May - 23.  

1648  On May - 23 luis de Nain, painter, dies  

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

1668  On this day in history death of philips Wouwerman, Haarlems painter, buried  

1670  On May - 23 death of ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1610)  

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  On this day in history death of william Kidd, Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock  

1752  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1785  On May - 23 william Woollett, engraver, dies  

1786  Death of Móric Beňovský, Slovak officer and explorer, King of Madagascar (b. 1746) on May - 23.  

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 this day in history.  

1834  On May - 23 charles Wesley, composer, dies at 76  

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 this day in history jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet, dies at 34  

1846  Death of Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Polish politician (b. 1778) on May - 23.  

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

1855  Death of Charles Robert Malden, English explorer (b. 1797) on this day in history.  

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

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

1867  On this day in history archibald Alison, Scottish historian, dies at 74  

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 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 this day in history.  

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

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 May - 23 birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer