Famous Deaths Happened 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  Death of Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer on this day in history.   

1423  Benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies on this day in history.   

1498  On this day in history death of girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45   

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

1524  On this day in history death of ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487)   

1568  Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27 on May - 23.   

1627  On this day in history luis de Gongora y Argote, poet/writer, dies   

1648  Luis de Nain, painter, dies on May - 23.   

1662  Death of John Gauden, English bishop and writer (b. 1605) on May - 23.   

1668  Death of Philips Wouwerman, Haarlems painter, buried on May - 23.   

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

1684  On this day in history death of adriaen Backer, Amsterdams painter buried at about 48   

1691  On this day in history death of adrien Auzout, French astronomer (b. 1622)   

1701  On this day in history death of william Kidd, Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock   

1752  On this day in history death of william Bradford, English-born printer (b. 1663)   

1754  John Wood, architect/town planner, dies on May - 23.   

1783  On this day in history james Otis, American lawyer, dies   

1785  On this day in history william Woollett, engraver, dies   

1786  On May - 23 death of móric Beňovský, Slovak officer and explorer, King of Madagascar (b. 1746)   

1813  Death of Geraud Duroc, French general (b. 1772) on this day in history.   

1825  Death of Ras Gugsa of Yejju, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia on May - 23.   

1834  Charles Wesley, composer, dies at 76 on May - 23.   

1838  On May - 23 john W Janssens, gov-gen (Cape Colony), dies at 75   

1841  Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 76 on May - 23.   

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  Lucas Pieter Roodbaard, architect, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1855  On this day in history death of charles Robert Malden, English explorer (b. 1797)   

1857  On May - 23 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 May - 23.   

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

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1052  On May - 23 birth of king Philip I of France (d. 1108)   

1100  Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161) was born on May - 23.   

1598  On this day in history birth of claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized   

1606  Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) was born on May - 23.   

1617  On May - 23 birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary   

1620  On May - 23 birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized   

1644  On this day in history birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer   

1696  On May - 23 birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer