Famous Deaths Happened In May - 23

1125  Hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies on May - 23.   

1153  On this day in history david I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68   

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

1523  On May - 23 death of ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)   

1524  On May - 23 death of ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487)   

1568  On May - 23 adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27   

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

1648  Luis de Nain, painter, dies on this day in history.   

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

1668  On this day in history death of philips Wouwerman, Haarlems painter, buried   

1670  Death of Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1610) on this day in history.   

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

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 May - 23.   

1752  On May - 23 death of william Bradford, English-born printer (b. 1663)   

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

1783  On May - 23 james Otis, American lawyer, dies   

1785  William Woollett, engraver, dies on this day in history.   

1786  Death of Móric Beňovský, Slovak officer and explorer, King of Madagascar (b. 1746) on May - 23.   

1813  On this day in history death of geraud Duroc, French general (b. 1772)   

1825  On May - 23 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  John W Janssens, gov-gen (Cape Colony), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1841  On May - 23 franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 76   

1842  On May - 23 jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet, dies at 34   

1846  On May - 23 death of franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Polish politician (b. 1778)   

1851  On May - 23 lucas Pieter Roodbaard, architect, dies at 69   

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

1857  Death of Augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician (b. 1789) on May - 23.   

1860  On this day in history albert Richard Smith, author/lecturer, dies   

1867  Archibald Alison, Scottish historian, dies at 74 on May - 23.   

1868  On May - 23 death of kit Carson, American trapper, scout, and Indian agent (b. 1809)   

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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  Elias Ashmole, antiquary was born on May - 23.   

1620  On this day in history birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized   

1644  Thomas Eisenhut, composer was born on this day in history.   

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