Famous Deaths In May - 07

0685  Marwan I ibn al-Hakam, 4th kalief of Omajjaden (684-85), dies on this day in history.   

0973  Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1092  On May - 07 death of remigius de Fécamp, first bishop of Lincoln (b. unknown)   

1166  On May - 07 death of willem I, the Bad, king of Sicily (1154-66)   

1205  Ladislaus III Arpad, King of Hungary (1204-05), dies at 5 or 6 on May - 07.   

1427  Death of Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English churchman on this day in history.   

1523  Franz von Sickingen, Germ knight/protect of poor, dies of wounds at 42 on this day in history.   

1539  On May - 07 death of guru Nanak Dev, Founder of Sikhism (b. 1469)   

1617  On this day in history david Fabricius, German astronomer, dies at 53   

1667  On this day in history johann Jakob Froberger, German organist/singer/composer, dies at 50   

1671  Edward Montagu, English baron Kimbolton, dies at about 68 on May - 07.   

1673  Johannes Teellinck, Dutch vicar, dies at about 58 on May - 07.   

1682  On this day in history death of tsar Feodor III of Russia (b. 1661)   

1718  On this day in history death of mary of Modena, wife of James II of England (b. 1658)   

1736  John Weldon, composer, dies at 60 on May - 07.   

1792  Aert Schouman, Dutch bird/portrait painter, dies at 82 on May - 07.   

1793  Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt admiral (battle of Doggersbank), dies at 68 on May - 07.   

1800  Laurens P van Spiegel, regent/pension advisor (1787-95), dies at 64 on May - 07.   

1805  On this day in history death of william Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1737)   

1814  On May - 07 franz Volrath Buttstett, composer, dies at 79   

1818  On May - 07 leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer, dies at 70   

1825  Antonio Salieri, Italian composer, dies in Vienna at 74 on this day in history.   

1836  On May - 07 norbert Burgmuller, composer, dies at 26   

1840  Death of Caspar David Friedrich, German painter (b. 1774) on this day in history.   

1863  Amiel Weeks Whipple, US Union gen-major, dies of injuries at 46 on this day in history.   

1868  On May - 07 death of henry Peter Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778)   

1871  Louis Papineau, political reformer, dies on May - 07.   

1876  On May - 07 franz count of Pocci, German artist/composer (Alchemist), dies at 69   

1884  Judah P Benjamin, confederate minister of War, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1887  On May - 07 death of c. F. W. Walther, American Lutheran theologian (b. 1811)   

1896  On this day in history death of h. H. Holmes (Herman Webster Mudgett) , American serial killer (b. 1860)   

1900  On this day in history richard Storrs Willis, composer, dies at 81   

1904  Peter Hille, writer, dies on May - 07.   

1914  On this day in history edward Mollenhauer, composer, dies at 87   

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1328  On May - 07 birth of louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1365)   

1530  On this day in history birth of louis I Condé, French prince/leader of hugenots   

1574  On May - 07 birth of innocent X, [Giambattista Pamfili], 236th pope (1644-55)   

1643  Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700) was born on this day in history.   

1700  On this day in history birth of gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist   

1704  Carl Heinrich Graun, composer was born on May - 07.   

1724  On May - 07 birth of dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797)   

1740  Nikolai Arkharov, Russian general (d. 1814) was born on this day in history.