Famous Deaths Happened In May - 23
Monday, 16 June 2025
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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