Famous Deaths In May - 22
Tuesday, 29 October 2024
0337 Constantine the Great, emperor of Rome (306-37)/anti semite, dies on this day in history.
0987 Death of Louis V le Faineant, the Lazy, king of France (986-87), poisoned at 20 on May - 22.
1068 On May - 22 death of emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (b. 1025)
1455 On May - 22 death of henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (killed in battle)
1457 On May - 22 death of saint Rita of Cascia, Italian saint (b. 1381)
1501 On this day in history robert Gaguin, French writer/diplomat (Arte Metrificandi), dies at 66
1538 On May - 22 death of john Forrest, English Franciscan friar (martyred) (b. 1471)
1540 On May - 22 francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian/pres of Romagna, dies at 57
1666 On May - 22 death of gaspar Schott, German scientist (b. 1608)
1667 Alexander VII, [Fabio Chigi], Italian Pope (1655-67), dies at 68 on this day in history.
1688 Johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist, dies at 70 on this day in history.
1745 Death of François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French military leader (b. 1671) on May - 22.
1746 On this day in history death of thomas Southerne, Irish dramatist (b. 1660)
1760 On May - 22 death of israel ben Eliezer, Polish-born mystical rabbi (b. 1700)
1772 Death of Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian (b. 1687) on May - 22.
1781 Garret Wesley Mornington, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.
1801 Heinrich Gottfried Reichard, composer, dies at 58 on May - 22.
1819 John H van Kinsbergen, lt-admiral/founder (Corps Marines), dies at 84 on this day in history.
1825 Domenico Corri, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.
1851 Death of Mordecai Manuel Noah, American writer, journalist (b. 1755) on May - 22.
1859 On May - 22 ferdinand II, [Re Bomba], Dutch King of Sicily, dies at 49
1868 Julius Plucker, German mathematician/physicist (formula of P), dies on this day in history.
1878 On May - 22 franz von Holstein, composer, dies at 52
1880 On May - 22 heinrich WA Freiherr von Gagern, German liberal politician, dies at 80
1885 On this day in history victor(-Marie) Hugo, French writer (Les Miserables), dies at 83
1898 On May - 22 edward Bellamy, writer, dies at 48
1910 On May - 22 jules Renard, French writer (Le plaisir the rompre), dies at 46
1921 Marie E Wilton, writer, dies on May - 22.
1925 On this day in history john [Denton Pinkstone] French, Brit field marshall (WWI), dies at 72
1928 William HT Gairdner, Engl missionary (Nile Mission Press), dies at 54 on this day in history.
1932 Lady Augusta, [Isabella Gregory], playwright (Gold Apple), dies at 80 on May - 22.
1939 Ernst Toller, writer, dies at 45 on this day in history.
1945 Carel A Lion Cachet, lithographer/wood carver, dies on this day in history.
1948 On this day in history claude McKaye, Jamaican/US author (Banjo, Home to Harlem), dies at 57
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