Famous Deaths Happened In May - 07

0685  On this day in history marwan I ibn al-Hakam, 4th kalief of Omajjaden (684-85), dies   

0973  On May - 07 otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at 60   

1092  On May - 07 death of remigius de Fécamp, first bishop of Lincoln (b. unknown)   

1166  Death of Willem I, the Bad, king of Sicily (1154-66) on May - 07.   

1205  On May - 07 ladislaus III Arpad, King of Hungary (1204-05), dies at 5 or 6   

1427  On May - 07 death of thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English churchman   

1523  Franz von Sickingen, Germ knight/protect of poor, dies of wounds at 42 on this day in history.   

1539  Death of Guru Nanak Dev, Founder of Sikhism (b. 1469) on this day in history.   

1617  David Fabricius, German astronomer, dies at 53 on May - 07.   

1667  Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist/singer/composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1671  On May - 07 edward Montagu, English baron Kimbolton, dies at about 68   

1673  Johannes Teellinck, Dutch vicar, dies at about 58 on this day in history.   

1682  On May - 07 death of tsar Feodor III of Russia (b. 1661)   

1718  Death of Mary of Modena, wife of James II of England (b. 1658) on May - 07.   

1736  John Weldon, composer, dies at 60 on May - 07.   

1792  Aert Schouman, Dutch bird/portrait painter, dies at 82 on May - 07.   

1793  Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt admiral (battle of Doggersbank), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1800  Laurens P van Spiegel, regent/pension advisor (1787-95), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1805  On May - 07 death of william Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1737)   

1814  On this day in history franz Volrath Buttstett, composer, dies at 79   

1818  On this day in history leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer, dies at 70   

1825  On this day in history antonio Salieri, Italian composer, dies in Vienna at 74   

1836  Norbert Burgmuller, composer, dies at 26 on May - 07.   

1840  Death of Caspar David Friedrich, German painter (b. 1774) on May - 07.   

1863  Amiel Weeks Whipple, US Union gen-major, dies of injuries at 46 on this day in history.   

1868  Death of Henry Peter Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778) on this day in history.   

1871  On this day in history louis Papineau, political reformer, dies   

1876  On May - 07 franz count of Pocci, German artist/composer (Alchemist), dies at 69   

1884  Judah P Benjamin, confederate minister of War, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1887  On this day in history death of c. F. W. Walther, American Lutheran theologian (b. 1811)   

1896  On May - 07 death of h. H. Holmes (Herman Webster Mudgett) , American serial killer (b. 1860)   

1900  Richard Storrs Willis, composer, dies at 81 on May - 07.   

1904  Peter Hille, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1914  Edward Mollenhauer, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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1328  Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1365) was born on this day in history.   

1530  Louis I Condé, French prince/leader of hugenots was born on this day in history.   

1574  Innocent X, [Giambattista Pamfili], 236th pope (1644-55) was born on this day in history.   

1643  On May - 07 birth of stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (d. 1700)   

1700  On this day in history birth of gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist   

1704  Carl Heinrich Graun, composer was born on this day in history.   

1724  Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Austrian general (d. 1797) was born on this day in history.   

1740  On May - 07 birth of nikolai Arkharov, Russian general (d. 1814)