Famous Deaths In May - 30

0727  Hubertus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht/saint, dies at about 72 on this day in history.  

1035  On May - 30 boudouin IV, count of Flanders (988-1035), dies  

1159  On this day in history death of wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105)  

1252  Ferdinand III the holy, King of Castile/Leon, dies on this day in history.  

1416  On this day in history death of jerome of Prague, burned as a heretic by Church  

1431  On this day in history death of joan of Arc, French heroine and saint (b. 1412)  

1434  Death of Prokop the Great, Hussite general on this day in history.  

1469  Death of Lope de Barrientos, Spanish bishop on this day in history.  

1574  On this day in history charles IX, King of France (1560-74), dies  

1576  On May - 30 death of harada Naomasa, Japanese retainer and samurai  

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1593  Death of Christopher Marlowe, Brit dramatist (Tamburlaine the Great), murdered on May - 30.  

1640  Andre Duchesne, French historian/genealogy, dies on May - 30.  

1696  On this day in history death of henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (b. 1638)  

1718  Arnold J van Keppel, earl of Albemarle/general, dies at about 48 on this day in history.  

1730  On May - 30 death of arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (b. 1648)  

1744  Alexander Pope, English poet (Eloisa to Abelard), dies at 56 on May - 30.  

1746  Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1770  Death of François Boucher, French painter (b. 1703) on May - 30.  

1778  On May - 30 voltaire, [Francois-Marie Arouet], French writer (Candide), dies at 42  

1791  On May - 30 ildephons Haas, composer, dies at 56  

1797  Carl Ludwig Junker, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

1809  On May - 30 johan B Scheffer, portrait painter, dies at about 43  

1833  Josef Slavik, composer, dies at 27 on this day in history.  

1840  On May - 30 dominique J de Eerens, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 59  

1864  James Barbour Terrill, US attorney/Confederate brig-gen, dies at 26 on this day in history.  

1865  On this day in history william Clarke Quantrill, criminal/Confederate bushwhacker, dies at 27  

1870  Gustave Vogt, composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.  

1901  On this day in history death of victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician (b. 1841)  

1906  On May - 30 william Yeates Hurlstone, composer, dies at 30  

1912  Wilbur Wright, US aviation pioneer, dies on this day in history.  

1918  Georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist, dies on May - 30.  

1919  Lord John WS Raleigh, British physicist (Nobel 1904), dies on this day in history.  

1922  On May - 30 david Mendes Chumaceiro, Curacaos poet (Adelfas), dies at 45  

1923  On May - 30 camille Chevillard, composer, dies at 63  

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1010  Emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063) was born on this day in history.  

1220  Alexander Nevski, [Aleksandr], Russian great ruler (1252-63) was born on May - 30.  

1423  Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461) was born on May - 30.  

1524  Selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74) was born on this day in history.  

1578  On this day in history birth of valentin Dretzel, composer  

1623  Wallerand Vaillant, painter/engraver, baptized was born on May - 30.  

1623  On this day in history birth of john Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (d. 1686)  

1653  On May - 30 birth of claudia Felicitas of Austria, Empress consort of Germany (d. 1676)