Famous Deaths In May - 30

0727  Hubertus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht/saint, dies at about 72 on May - 30.  

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

1159  Death of Wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105) on May - 30.  

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

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 May - 30.  

1640  On May - 30 andre Duchesne, French historian/genealogy, dies  

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history ildephons Haas, composer, dies at 56  

1797  On May - 30 carl Ludwig Junker, composer, dies at 48  

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

1833  On this day in history 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 May - 30 gustave Vogt, composer, dies at 89  

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

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

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

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

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

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

1923  Camille Chevillard, composer, dies at 63 on May - 30.  

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1010  On this day in history birth of emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063)  

1220  Alexander Nevski, [Aleksandr], Russian great ruler (1252-63) was born on this day in history.  

1423  Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1653  On this day in history birth of claudia Felicitas of Austria, Empress consort of Germany (d. 1676)