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 May - 30 death of wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105)  

1252  Ferdinand III the holy, King of Castile/Leon, dies on May - 30.  

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

1431  Death of Joan of Arc, French heroine and saint (b. 1412) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1730  Death of Arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (b. 1648) on this day in history.  

1744  Alexander Pope, English poet (Eloisa to Abelard), dies at 56 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history voltaire, [Francois-Marie Arouet], French writer (Candide), dies at 42  

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

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

1809  Johan B Scheffer, portrait painter, dies at about 43 on this day in history.  

1833  Josef Slavik, composer, dies at 27 on May - 30.  

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

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

1865  William Clarke Quantrill, criminal/Confederate bushwhacker, dies at 27 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1919  On May - 30 lord John WS Raleigh, British physicist (Nobel 1904), dies  

1922  David Mendes Chumaceiro, Curacaos poet (Adelfas), dies at 45 on May - 30.  

1923  Camille Chevillard, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

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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 May - 30 birth of georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461)  

1524  On May - 30 birth of selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74)  

1578  Valentin Dretzel, composer was born on May - 30.  

1623  Wallerand Vaillant, painter/engraver, baptized was born on this day in history.  

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

1653  Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Empress consort of Germany (d. 1676) was born on May - 30.