Famous Deaths In May - 30

0727  On this day in history hubertus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht/saint, dies at about 72  

1035  On this day in history boudouin IV, count of Flanders (988-1035), dies  

1159  On May - 30 death of wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105)  

1252  On May - 30 ferdinand III the holy, King of Castile/Leon, dies  

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 this day in history.  

1469  On this day in history death of lope de Barrientos, Spanish bishop  

1574  On this day in history charles IX, King of France (1560-74), dies  

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

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1593  On May - 30 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 May - 30.  

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 May - 30.  

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

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 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 May - 30.  

1809  On this day in history johan B Scheffer, portrait painter, dies at about 43  

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

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

1864  On May - 30 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  On May - 30 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 this day in history.  

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

1923  On May - 30 camille Chevillard, composer, dies at 63  

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1010  On May - 30 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  On May - 30 birth of selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74)  

1578  On May - 30 birth of valentin Dretzel, composer  

1623  On this day in history birth of wallerand Vaillant, painter/engraver, baptized  

1623  John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.  

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