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 this day in history.   

1304  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1524  Death of Ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1662  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1610)   

1684  On May - 23 death of adriaen Backer, Amsterdams painter buried at about 48   

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

1785  On this day in history william Woollett, engraver, dies   

1786  On this day in history death of móric Beňovský, Slovak officer and explorer, King of Madagascar (b. 1746)   

1813  On this day in history 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  Charles Wesley, composer, dies at 76 on May - 23.   

1838  John W Janssens, gov-gen (Cape Colony), dies at 75 on May - 23.   

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

1842  Jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet, dies at 34 on May - 23.   

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 this day in history death of charles Robert Malden, English explorer (b. 1797)   

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

1860  On this day in history albert Richard Smith, author/lecturer, dies   

1867  Archibald Alison, Scottish historian, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1868  Death of Kit Carson, American trapper, scout, and Indian agent (b. 1809) on this day in history.   

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1052  King Philip I of France (d. 1108) was born on May - 23.   

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

1598  On May - 23 birth of claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized   

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

1617  Elias Ashmole, antiquary was born on May - 23.   

1620  Pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

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

1696  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on this day in history.