Famous Deaths Happened In May - 06

0523  Death of Thrasamunde, king of Vandalen on May - 06.   

0680  On this day in history death of muawiyah I, caliph (b. 602)   

0988  On May - 06 death of dirk II, West Frisian count of Holland   

1085  King Alfonso VI, of Leon conquered Toledo, dies on May - 06.   

1124  On this day in history death of balak, Emir of Aleppo, murdered   

1475  Dieric Bouts, Dutch painter, dies at about 64 on this day in history.   

1502  Death of James Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower (executed) on this day in history.   

1527  On this day in history karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37   

1540  Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48 on May - 06.   

1596  Death of Giaches de Wert, Flemish composer (b. 1535) on this day in history.   

1620  On this day in history death of hayyim ben Joseph Vital, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1543)   

1631  On May - 06 death of robert Bruce Cotton, English politician   

1638  Cornelius Jansen, theologian (Jansenism), dies on May - 06.   

1642  Frans Francken, the Younger, Flemish painter, dies on 61st birthday on this day in history.   

1666  Paul Siefert, composer, dies at 79 on May - 06.   

1667  On May - 06 johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer, dies at 50   

1678  Joseph de La Barre, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1708  On May - 06 death of françois de Laval, first bishop of New France (b. 1623)   

1727  On this day in history catharina I, Latvia tsarina of Russia, dies at about 42   

1739  On this day in history bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed), dies at 63   

1757  Death of Maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705) on this day in history.   

1776  On May - 06 james Kent, composer, dies at 76   

1794  On this day in history jean-Jacques Beauvarget-Charpentier, composer, dies at 59   

1814  On this day in history george Joseph Vogler, composer, dies at 64   

1836  Christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer, dies at 78 on May - 06.   

1840  On this day in history death of francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian president and independence leader (b. 1792)   

1841  John Thomson, composer, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1852  On this day in history charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer, dies at 75   

1856  On this day in history william Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies   

1859  On May - 06 friedrich Heinrich Alexander, explorer/scientist, dies   

1862  On May - 06 henry David Thoreau, US writer/pacifist (Walden Pond), dies at 44   

1864  On this day in history henry Livermore Abbott, US Union brig-general, dies in battle   

1877  On this day in history death of johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet (b. 1804)   

1882  Death of Frederick Cavendish, assassinated by Fenian Invincibles, in Dublin on this day in history.   

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1397  Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (d. 1450) was born on this day in history.   

1501  Marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italy, humanist/Pope (1555, 22 days) was born on May - 06.   

1581  Frans Francken, the Younger, painter was born on this day in history.   

1606  On May - 06 birth of lorenzo Lippi, [Perlone Zipoli], poet/painter   

1638  On May - 06 birth of henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1696)   

1713  On May - 06 birth of charles Batteux, French philosopher (d. 1780)   

1758  On this day in history birth of maximilien Robespierre, Arras Fr, French revolutionary/avocat (1781)   

1759  On this day in history birth of francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician