Famous Deaths In May - 06

0523  Death of Thrasamunde, king of Vandalen on May - 06.   

0680  On May - 06 death of muawiyah I, caliph (b. 602)   

0988  Death of Dirk II, West Frisian count of Holland on May - 06.   

1085  On May - 06 king Alfonso VI, of Leon conquered Toledo, dies   

1124  Death of Balak, Emir of Aleppo, murdered on May - 06.   

1475  On May - 06 dieric Bouts, Dutch painter, dies at about 64   

1502  On May - 06 death of james Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower (executed)   

1527  On this day in history karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37   

1540  Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1596  On this day in history death of giaches de Wert, Flemish composer (b. 1535)   

1620  Death of Hayyim ben Joseph Vital, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1543) on May - 06.   

1631  On May - 06 death of robert Bruce Cotton, English politician   

1638  Cornelius Jansen, theologian (Jansenism), dies on May - 06.   

1642  On this day in history frans Francken, the Younger, Flemish painter, dies on 61st birthday   

1666  Paul Siefert, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1667  Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer, dies at 50 on May - 06.   

1678  On May - 06 joseph de La Barre, composer, dies at 44   

1708  On May - 06 death of françois de Laval, first bishop of New France (b. 1623)   

1727  On this day in history catharina I, Latvia tsarina of Russia, dies at about 42   

1739  On May - 06 bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed), dies at 63   

1757  Death of Maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705) on May - 06.   

1776  James Kent, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1794  On this day in history jean-Jacques Beauvarget-Charpentier, composer, dies at 59   

1814  On May - 06 george Joseph Vogler, composer, dies at 64   

1836  On this day in history christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer, dies at 78   

1840  Death of Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian president and independence leader (b. 1792) on this day in history.   

1841  John Thomson, composer, dies at 35 on May - 06.   

1852  Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer, dies at 75 on May - 06.   

1856  William Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies on May - 06.   

1859  On this day in history friedrich Heinrich Alexander, explorer/scientist, dies   

1862  On May - 06 henry David Thoreau, US writer/pacifist (Walden Pond), dies at 44   

1864  On this day in history henry Livermore Abbott, US Union brig-general, dies in battle   

1877  Death of Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet (b. 1804) on May - 06.   

1882  On May - 06 death of frederick Cavendish, assassinated by Fenian Invincibles, in Dublin   

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1397  Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (d. 1450) was born on this day in history.   

1501  On May - 06 birth of marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italy, humanist/Pope (1555, 22 days)   

1581  On this day in history birth of frans Francken, the Younger, painter   

1606  Lorenzo Lippi, [Perlone Zipoli], poet/painter was born on May - 06.   

1638  On May - 06 birth of henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1696)   

1713  Charles Batteux, French philosopher (d. 1780) was born on this day in history.   

1758  On this day in history birth of maximilien Robespierre, Arras Fr, French revolutionary/avocat (1781)   

1759  Francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician was born on this day in history.