Famous Deaths In May - 07

0685  On May - 07 marwan I ibn al-Hakam, 4th kalief of Omajjaden (684-85), dies   

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  Death of Willem I, the Bad, king of Sicily (1154-66) on this day in history.   

1205  On May - 07 ladislaus III Arpad, King of Hungary (1204-05), dies at 5 or 6   

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

1523  On this day in history franz von Sickingen, Germ knight/protect of poor, dies of wounds at 42   

1539  On this day in history 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  On May - 07 edward Montagu, English baron Kimbolton, dies at about 68   

1673  On May - 07 johannes Teellinck, Dutch vicar, dies at about 58   

1682  Death of Tsar Feodor III of Russia (b. 1661) on May - 07.   

1718  On May - 07 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 this day in history.   

1800  Laurens P van Spiegel, regent/pension advisor (1787-95), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1805  Death of William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1737) on this day in history.   

1814  Franz Volrath Buttstett, composer, dies at 79 on May - 07.   

1818  On this day in history leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer, dies at 70   

1825  On May - 07 antonio Salieri, Italian composer, dies in Vienna at 74   

1836  Norbert Burgmuller, composer, dies at 26 on May - 07.   

1840  Death of Caspar David Friedrich, German painter (b. 1774) on May - 07.   

1863  Amiel Weeks Whipple, US Union gen-major, dies of injuries at 46 on May - 07.   

1868  Death of Henry Peter Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778) on this day in history.   

1871  Louis Papineau, political reformer, dies on this day in history.   

1876  On this day in history franz count of Pocci, German artist/composer (Alchemist), dies at 69   

1884  On this day in history judah P Benjamin, confederate minister of War, dies at 72   

1887  Death of C. F. W. Walther, American Lutheran theologian (b. 1811) on this day in history.   

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

1900  Richard Storrs Willis, composer, dies at 81 on May - 07.   

1904  On this day in history peter Hille, writer, dies   

1914  Edward Mollenhauer, composer, dies at 87 on May - 07.   

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1328  On this day in history birth of louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1365)   

1530  Louis I Condé, French prince/leader of hugenots was born on this day in history.   

1574  Innocent X, [Giambattista Pamfili], 236th pope (1644-55) was born on May - 07.   

1643  On May - 07 birth of stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700)   

1700  Gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist was born on May - 07.   

1704  Carl Heinrich Graun, composer was born on this day in history.   

1724  On this day in history birth of dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797)   

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