Famous Deaths Happened In May - 23
Saturday, 15 March 2025
1125 On May - 23 hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies
1153 David I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68 on May - 23.
1304 Death of Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer on May - 23.
1423 On this day in history 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 Death of Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466) on May - 23.
1524 On this day in history death of ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487)
1568 On this day in history adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27
1627 On May - 23 luis de Gongora y Argote, poet/writer, dies
1648 On this day in history luis de Nain, painter, dies
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 Death of William Kidd, Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock on this day in history.
1752 On May - 23 death of william Bradford, English-born printer (b. 1663)
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 Death of Geraud Duroc, French general (b. 1772) on May - 23.
1825 On this day in history death of ras Gugsa of Yejju, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia
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 On May - 23 franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 76
1842 On this day in history jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet, dies at 34
1846 On this day in history death of franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Polish politician (b. 1778)
1851 On this day in history lucas Pieter Roodbaard, architect, dies at 69
1855 Death of Charles Robert Malden, English explorer (b. 1797) on May - 23.
1857 On this day in history death of augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician (b. 1789)
1860 On May - 23 albert Richard Smith, author/lecturer, dies
1867 Archibald Alison, Scottish historian, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1868 On May - 23 death of kit Carson, American trapper, scout, and Indian agent (b. 1809)
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