Famous Deaths In May - 23

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

1153  David I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68 on May - 23.  

1304  On this day in history death of jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer  

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 May - 23.  

1523  Death of Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466) on May - 23.  

1524  On May - 23 death of ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487)  

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 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 May - 23.  

1668  Death of Philips Wouwerman, Haarlems painter, buried on this day in history.  

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 May - 23.  

1691  On May - 23 death of adrien Auzout, French astronomer (b. 1622)  

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 May - 23.  

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

1783  On May - 23 james Otis, American lawyer, dies  

1785  William Woollett, engraver, dies on May - 23.  

1786  Death of Móric Beňovský, Slovak officer and explorer, King of Madagascar (b. 1746) on this day in history.  

1813  Death of Geraud Duroc, French general (b. 1772) on this day in history.  

1825  Death of Ras Gugsa of Yejju, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia on May - 23.  

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  On this day in history death of franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Polish politician (b. 1778)  

1851  On May - 23 lucas Pieter Roodbaard, architect, dies at 69  

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

1857  On this day in history death of augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician (b. 1789)  

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

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

1868  On this day in history death of kit Carson, American trapper, scout, and Indian agent (b. 1809)  

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1052  On May - 23 birth of king Philip I of France (d. 1108)  

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  Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.  

1617  On May - 23 birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary  

1620  Pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized was born on May - 23.  

1644  On this day in history birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer  

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