Famous Deaths In May - 30

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1416  On May - 30 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  On May - 30 death of prokop the Great, Hussite general  

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

1593  On this day in history death of christopher Marlowe, Brit dramatist (Tamburlaine the Great), murdered  

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

1730  On this day in history death of arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (b. 1648)  

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

1746  On this day in history giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer, dies at 69  

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

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

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

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

1840  Dominique J de Eerens, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 59 on May - 30.  

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  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 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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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 May - 30.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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