Famous Deaths Happened In May - 30
Saturday, 06 December 2025
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 Death of Wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105) on this day in history. 

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

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

1431 On May - 30 death of joan of Arc, French heroine and saint (b. 1412) 

1434 Death of Prokop the Great, Hussite general on May - 30. 

1469 Death of Lope de Barrientos, Spanish bishop on May - 30. 

1574 Charles IX, King of France (1560-74), dies on May - 30. 

1576 Death of Harada Naomasa, Japanese retainer and samurai on May - 30. 

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 Death of Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (b. 1638) on this day in history. 

1718 On May - 30 arnold J van Keppel, earl of Albemarle/general, dies at about 48 

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

1744 On this day in history alexander Pope, English poet (Eloisa to Abelard), dies at 56 

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

1770 Death of François Boucher, French painter (b. 1703) on this day in history. 

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 On this day in history carl Ludwig Junker, composer, dies at 48 

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

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

1840 Dominique J de Eerens, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 59 on this day in history. 

1864 On May - 30 james Barbour Terrill, US attorney/Confederate brig-gen, dies at 26 

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

1870 On May - 30 gustave Vogt, composer, dies at 89 

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

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

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

1918 Georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist, dies on this day in history. 

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

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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