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Deaths on May 05

1028 : Alfonso V, King of Le¢n/Galicia (999-1028), dies in battle
1194 : Kazimierz II, the Justified, grand duke of Poland (1177-94), dies
1309 : Charles II, the Lame, King of Naples (1285-1309), dies
1504 : Anton of Burgundy, the Great Bastard, knight, dies at about 82
1525 : Frederik III, the Wise, ruler of Saxon (1486-1525), dies at 62
1553 : Erasmus Alberus, Germ theologist (Barfsser M”nche), dies at about 52
1582 : Charlotte de Bourbon, Princess of Orange, dies
1604 : Claudio Merulo, Italian organist/composer, dies at 71
1613 : Johann Steuerlein, composer, dies at 66
1678 : Anna M van Schurman, Dutch poet/spoke 10 languages, dies at about 70
1702 : Jacob Hintze, composer, dies at 79
1705 : Leopold I von Hapsburg, Emperor of Holy Roman Empire, dies at 64
1786 : Pedro III, King of Portugal, dies
1801 : Philippe-Lambert-Joseph Spruyt, Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 74
1821 : Napoleon I Bonaparte, emperor France (1799-1815), dies in St Helena
1827 : Frederik Augustus I, Justified, King of Saxon (1806-27), dies at 76
1831 : Friedrich Ludwig Seidel, composer, dies at 65
1837 : Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer/bandmaster, dies at 85
1840 : Gottlob Benedikt Bierey, composer, dies at 67
1840 : Matthaus Fischer, composer, dies at 76
1859 : Peter G L Dirichlet, German mathematician, dies at 53
1864 : Alexander Hays, US Union-general-major, dies in battle at 44
1864 : John Marshall Jones, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 43
1864 : Leroy A Stafford, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 42
1875 : Jan A C A van Nispen tot Sevenaer, Dutch MP (1848-75), dies at 71
1885 : Lauro Rossi, composer, dies at 73
1886 : Joseph Albert, German photographer (Albertotype), dies at 61
1892 : Jan Nepomuk Skroup, composer, dies at 80
1902 : Bret Harte, writer, dies at 65
1909 : Pauline Staegeman, German feminist, dies
1921 : Alfred H Fried, Austrian/German pacifist (Nobel 1911), dies
1927 : Charles Boissevain, editor in chief (General Trade 1885-1908), dies
1945 : Guëmundur J¢nsson Kamban, Icelandic writer (Vi mordere), dies at 56
1949 : Maurice Maeterlinck, Belg playwright (Grand Fairie, Nobel 1911), dies
1951 : Eddie Dunn, comedian (Face to Face, Spin the Picture), dies at 54
1956 : Charles R Gallas, lexicographer (French Dictionary), dies at 88
1957 : Mikhail Fabianovich Gnesin, composer, dies at 74
1960 : Sulho Ranta, composer, dies at 58
1962 : Ernest Tyldesley, cricketer (990 runs in 14 Tests for England), dies
1963 : Heinrich Gebhard, composer, dies
1963 : Jacobus JP Old, architect/co-founder (Stijl), dies at 73
1968 : Albert Dekker, dies of accidental suffocation at 62
1969 : Ben Alexander, actor (Frank Smith-Dragnet), dies at 57
1971 : Alice Tissot, actress (Italian Straw Hat), dies of cancer at 81
1971 : Petro Scaglione, Italian procureur-general, killed by Mafia
1972 : Rev Gary David, vocalist, dies at 76
1976 : Thomas Burnett Swann, sci-fi author (Day of Minotaur), dies at 47
1977 : Ludwig Erhard, German minister of Economic Affairs (CDU), dies at 80
1978 : Alfred H H Gilligan, cricketer (4 Tests for England), dies
1979 : Shirley O'Hara, actress (Wild Party), dies at 68
1980 : Edmond Vandercammen, Belgian writer/poet (Grand Combat), dies at 79
1981 : Bobby Sands, IRA activists dies in his 66th day of his hunger strike
1983 : John Williams, actor (Family Affair, Dial M for Murder), dies at 80
1986 : Jon William Haussermann Jr, composer, dies at 76
1986 : Rui Coelho, composer, dies at 94
1988 : George Rose, actor (Devil's Disciple, Hideaways), dies at 68
1988 : Tamara Pos, Suriname/Dutch activist
1989 : Frank Easton, cricket wicketkeeper (NSW 1933-39), dies
1991 : William De Acutis, dies at 33
1992 : Ben Frommer, dies at 78
1992 : Dick Yarmy, dies of lung cancer at 58
1992 : Jean-Claude Pascal, French actor (Golden Salamander), dies at 64
1992 : Stefano d'Arrigo, Siciilian writer, dies at 72
1993 : Balak Brahmachari, [Marxist Godman], Indies guru, dies at 73
1993 : Irving Howe, US writer/critic (Dissent), dies at 72
1993 : Lenore Kingston Jenson, dies of cancer at 79
1994 : Hein Salomonson, architect, dies at about 83
1994 : Joe Layton, director (Richard Pryor Live on Sunset Strip), dies at 63
1995 : Anthony Wagner, genealogist, dies at 86
1995 : Bernard Benjamin Gillis, judge, dies at 89
1995 : Esther Waterhouse, doctor/methodist, dies at 86
1995 : James Pack, naval officer museum curator, dies at 81
1995 : Lionel Alexander Bethune [Alastair] Pilkington, engineer, dies at 75
1995 : Mikhail Moseyevich Botvinnik, world chess champ, dies
1995 : Thomas Eden Binkley, musician, dies at 63
1996 : Ai Qing, poet, dies at 86
1996 : Beryl Burton, cyclist, dies at 58

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