Famous Deaths Happened In May - 30
Wednesday, 07 January 2026
0727 On May - 30 hubertus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht/saint, dies at about 72 

1035 Boudouin IV, count of Flanders (988-1035), dies on this day in history. 

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

1252 On May - 30 ferdinand III the holy, King of Castile/Leon, dies 

1416 Death of Jerome of Prague, burned as a heretic by Church on May - 30. 

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

1434 On this day in history death of prokop the Great, Hussite general 

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

1574 On May - 30 charles IX, King of France (1560-74), dies 

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

1593 Death of Christopher Marlowe, Brit dramatist (Tamburlaine the Great), murdered on this day in history. 

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 On this day in history arnold J van Keppel, earl of Albemarle/general, dies at about 48 

1730 Death of Arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (b. 1648) on May - 30. 

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

1746 On May - 30 giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer, dies at 69 

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

1778 Voltaire, [Francois-Marie Arouet], French writer (Candide), dies at 42 on May - 30. 

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

1797 Carl Ludwig Junker, composer, dies at 48 on May - 30. 

1809 On this day in history johan B Scheffer, portrait painter, dies at about 43 

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

1840 On this day in history 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 May - 30. 

1865 William Clarke Quantrill, criminal/Confederate bushwhacker, dies at 27 on May - 30. 

1870 Gustave Vogt, composer, dies at 89 on May - 30. 

1901 Death of Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician (b. 1841) on May - 30. 

1906 On this day in history william Yeates Hurlstone, composer, dies at 30 

1912 Wilbur Wright, US aviation pioneer, dies on May - 30. 

1918 On this day in history georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist, dies 

1919 Lord John WS Raleigh, British physicist (Nobel 1904), dies on May - 30. 

1922 David Mendes Chumaceiro, Curacaos poet (Adelfas), dies at 45 on this day in history. 

1923 On this day in history camille Chevillard, composer, dies at 63 

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