Famous Deaths In May - 30

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

1035  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  Death of Joan of Arc, French heroine and saint (b. 1412) on May - 30.  

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

1469  On May - 30 death of lope de Barrientos, Spanish bishop  

1574  Charles IX, King of France (1560-74), dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 May - 30.  

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

1744  On May - 30 alexander Pope, English poet (Eloisa to Abelard), dies at 56  

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

1770  On May - 30 death of françois Boucher, French painter (b. 1703)  

1778  Voltaire, [Francois-Marie Arouet], French writer (Candide), dies at 42 on this day in history.  

1791  Ildephons Haas, composer, dies at 56 on May - 30.  

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

1809  Johan B Scheffer, portrait painter, dies at about 43 on May - 30.  

1833  On May - 30 josef Slavik, composer, dies at 27  

1840  On this day in history dominique J de Eerens, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 59  

1864  On this day in history james Barbour Terrill, US attorney/Confederate brig-gen, dies at 26  

1865  On May - 30 william Clarke Quantrill, criminal/Confederate bushwhacker, dies at 27  

1870  On this day in history gustave Vogt, composer, dies at 89  

1901  Death of Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician (b. 1841) on this day in history.  

1906  William Yeates Hurlstone, composer, dies at 30 on this day in history.  

1912  On May - 30 wilbur Wright, US aviation pioneer, dies  

1918  On May - 30 georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist, dies  

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

1922  On this day in history david Mendes Chumaceiro, Curacaos poet (Adelfas), dies at 45  

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

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1010  On May - 30 birth of emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063)  

1220  On this day in history birth of alexander Nevski, [Aleksandr], Russian great ruler (1252-63)  

1423  On this day in history birth of georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461)  

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

1578  On May - 30 birth of valentin Dretzel, composer  

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

1623  John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (d. 1686) was born on May - 30.  

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