Famous Deaths In May - 23

1125  On May - 23 hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies   

1153  On May - 23 david I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68   

1304  On May - 23 death of jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer   

1423  On May - 23 benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies   

1498  Death of Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45 on this day in history.   

1523  On May - 23 death of ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)   

1524  On this day in history death of ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487)   

1568  On May - 23 adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27   

1627  On this day in history luis de Gongora y Argote, poet/writer, dies   

1648  Luis de Nain, painter, dies on this day in history.   

1662  On this day in history death of john Gauden, English bishop and writer (b. 1605)   

1668  Death of Philips Wouwerman, Haarlems painter, buried on this day in history.   

1670  Death of Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1610) on May - 23.   

1684  Death of Adriaen Backer, Amsterdams painter buried at about 48 on May - 23.   

1691  Death of Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (b. 1622) on this day in history.   

1701  On this day in history death of william Kidd, Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock   

1752  Death of William Bradford, English-born printer (b. 1663) on this day in history.   

1754  John Wood, architect/town planner, dies on this day in history.   

1783  On this day in history james Otis, American lawyer, dies   

1785  William Woollett, engraver, dies on May - 23.   

1786  On this day in history death of móric Beňovský, Slovak officer and explorer, King of Madagascar (b. 1746)   

1813  On May - 23 death of geraud Duroc, French general (b. 1772)   

1825  Death of Ras Gugsa of Yejju, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia on May - 23.   

1834  Charles Wesley, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1838  John W Janssens, gov-gen (Cape Colony), dies at 75 on May - 23.   

1841  On May - 23 franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 76   

1842  On May - 23 jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet, dies at 34   

1846  On May - 23 death of franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Polish politician (b. 1778)   

1851  Lucas Pieter Roodbaard, architect, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1855  Death of Charles Robert Malden, English explorer (b. 1797) on May - 23.   

1857  Death of Augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician (b. 1789) on this day in history.   

1860  Albert Richard Smith, author/lecturer, dies on May - 23.   

1867  On this day in history archibald Alison, Scottish historian, dies at 74   

1868  Death of Kit Carson, American trapper, scout, and Indian agent (b. 1809) on this day in history.   

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1052  On May - 23 birth of king Philip I of France (d. 1108)   

1100  On this day in history birth of emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)   

1598  Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1606  On this day in history birth of juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)   

1617  Elias Ashmole, antiquary was born on this day in history.   

1620  On May - 23 birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized   

1644  Thomas Eisenhut, composer was born on May - 23.   

1696  On May - 23 birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer