Famous Deaths In May - 30

0727  On May - 30 hubertus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht/saint, dies at about 72   

1035  Boudouin IV, count of Flanders (988-1035), dies on May - 30.   

1159  On this day in history death of wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105)   

1252  On May - 30 ferdinand III the holy, King of Castile/Leon, dies   

1416  Death of Jerome of Prague, burned as a heretic by Church on May - 30.   

1431  On May - 30 death of joan of Arc, French heroine and saint (b. 1412)   

1434  Death of Prokop the Great, Hussite general on May - 30.   

1469  Death of Lope de Barrientos, Spanish bishop on May - 30.   

1574  On May - 30 charles IX, King of France (1560-74), dies   

1576  Death of Harada Naomasa, Japanese retainer and samurai on May - 30.   

1593  On this day in history death of christopher Marlowe, Brit dramatist (Tamburlaine the Great), murdered   

1640  On this day in history andre Duchesne, French historian/genealogy, dies   

1696  Death of Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (b. 1638) on this day in history.   

1718  On May - 30 arnold J van Keppel, earl of Albemarle/general, dies at about 48   

1730  On this day in history death of arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (b. 1648)   

1744  On this day in history alexander Pope, English poet (Eloisa to Abelard), dies at 56   

1746  Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer, dies at 69 on May - 30.   

1770  Death of François Boucher, French painter (b. 1703) on May - 30.   

1778  On this day in history voltaire, [Francois-Marie Arouet], French writer (Candide), dies at 42   

1791  On May - 30 ildephons Haas, composer, dies at 56   

1797  Carl Ludwig Junker, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1809  Johan B Scheffer, portrait painter, dies at about 43 on May - 30.   

1833  On May - 30 josef Slavik, composer, dies at 27   

1840  On this day in history dominique J de Eerens, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 59   

1864  James Barbour Terrill, US attorney/Confederate brig-gen, dies at 26 on this day in history.   

1865  William Clarke Quantrill, criminal/Confederate bushwhacker, dies at 27 on this day in history.   

1870  On this day in history gustave Vogt, composer, dies at 89   

1901  On May - 30 death of victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician (b. 1841)   

1906  On May - 30 william Yeates Hurlstone, composer, dies at 30   

1912  On this day in history wilbur Wright, US aviation pioneer, dies   

1918  Georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist, dies on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history lord John WS Raleigh, British physicist (Nobel 1904), dies   

1922  David Mendes Chumaceiro, Curacaos poet (Adelfas), dies at 45 on May - 30.   

1923  Camille Chevillard, composer, dies at 63 on May - 30.   

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1010  Emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063) was born on this day in history.   

1220  Alexander Nevski, [Aleksandr], Russian great ruler (1252-63) was born on this day in history.   

1423  On this day in history birth of georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461)   

1524  Selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74) was born on this day in history.   

1578  Valentin Dretzel, composer was born on May - 30.   

1623  On this day in history birth of wallerand Vaillant, painter/engraver, baptized   

1623  John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.   

1653  On this day in history birth of claudia Felicitas of Austria, Empress consort of Germany (d. 1676)