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 this day in history death of jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer   

1423  Benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies on May - 23.   

1498  Death of Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45 on May - 23.   

1523  Death of Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466) on this day in history.   

1524  Death of Ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487) on this day in history.   

1568  Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27 on this day in history.   

1627  Luis de Gongora y Argote, poet/writer, dies on May - 23.   

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

1662  On May - 23 death of john Gauden, English bishop and writer (b. 1605)   

1668  On May - 23 death of philips Wouwerman, Haarlems painter, buried   

1670  On May - 23 death of ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1610)   

1684  On May - 23 death of adriaen Backer, Amsterdams painter buried at about 48   

1691  Death of Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (b. 1622) on May - 23.   

1701  Death of William Kidd, Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock on May - 23.   

1752  Death of William Bradford, English-born printer (b. 1663) on May - 23.   

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

1783  James Otis, American lawyer, dies on this day in history.   

1785  William Woollett, engraver, dies on this day in history.   

1786  Death of Móric Beňovský, Slovak officer and explorer, King of Madagascar (b. 1746) on this day in history.   

1813  On this day in history 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  On this day in history john W Janssens, gov-gen (Cape Colony), dies at 75   

1841  Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1842  Jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet, dies at 34 on May - 23.   

1846  Death of Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Polish politician (b. 1778) on May - 23.   

1851  On this day in history lucas Pieter Roodbaard, architect, dies at 69   

1855  On May - 23 death of charles Robert Malden, English explorer (b. 1797)   

1857  On this day in history death of augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician (b. 1789)   

1860  Albert Richard Smith, author/lecturer, dies on this day in history.   

1867  Archibald Alison, Scottish historian, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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

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1052  King Philip I of France (d. 1108) was born on this day in history.   

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

1598  On May - 23 birth of claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized   

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 this day in history birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized   

1644  On May - 23 birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer   

1696  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on May - 23.