Jump to content
Main menu
Main menu
move to sidebar
hide
Navigation
Main page
Recent changes
Random page
Help about MediaWiki
Special pages
Niidae Wiki
Search
Search
Appearance
Create account
Log in
Personal tools
Create account
Log in
Pages for logged out editors
learn more
Contributions
Talk
Editing
May 7
(section)
Page
Discussion
English
Read
Edit
View history
Tools
Tools
move to sidebar
hide
Actions
Read
Edit
View history
General
What links here
Related changes
Page information
Appearance
move to sidebar
hide
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[721]] – [[John of Beverley]], bishop of [[Diocese of York|York]]<ref name=Beverley>{{cite web |title=Saint John of Beverley {{!}} English bishop |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-John-of-Beverley |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=7 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * [[833]] – [[Ibn Hisham]], Egyptian Muslim historian * [[973]] – [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor]] (b. 912) *[[1014]] – [[Bagrat III of Georgia|Bagrat III]], 1st King of Georgia (b. 960) *[[1092]] – [[Remigius de Fécamp]], English monk and bishop *[[1166]] – [[William I of Sicily]] *[[1202]] – [[Hamelin de Warenne, Earl of Surrey]] *[[1205]] – [[Ladislaus III of Hungary]] (b. 1201) *[[1234]] – [[Otto I, Duke of Merania]] (b. c. 1180) *[[1243]] – [[Hugh d'Aubigny, 5th Earl of Arundel]] *[[1427]] – [[Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr]], English priest (b. 1352) *[[1494]] – [[Eskender]], [[Emperor of Ethiopia]] (b. 1471) *[[1523]] – [[Franz von Sickingen]], German knight (b. 1481) *[[1539]] – [[Ottaviano Petrucci]], Italian printer (b. 1466) ===1601–1900=== *[[1617]] – [[David Fabricius]], German astronomer and theologian (b. 1564)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Trimble |first1=Virginia |last2=Williams |first2=Thomas R. |last3=Bracher |first3=Katherine |last4=Jarrell |first4=Richard |last5=Marché |first5=Jordan D. |last6=Ragep |first6=F. Jamil |title=Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers |date=2007 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-0-387-30400-7 |page=353 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t-BF1CHkc50C&pg=PA353 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1667]] – [[Johann Jakob Froberger]], German organist and composer (b. 1616) *[[1682]] – [[Feodor III of Russia]] (b. 1661) *[[1685]] – [[Bajo Pivljanin]] (b. 1630) *[[1718]] – [[Mary of Modena]] (b. 1658) *[[1793]] – [[Pietro Nardini]], Italian violinist and composer (b. 1722) *[[1800]] – [[Niccolò Piccinni]], Italian composer (b. 1728) *[[1805]] – [[William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne]], Irish-English politician, [[Prime Minister of Great Britain]] (b. 1737)<ref>{{cite web |title=History of William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne - GOV.UK |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers/william-petty-2nd-earl-of-shelburne |website=www.gov.uk |access-date=1 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1815]] – [[Jabez Bowen]], American colonel and politician, 45th [[Deputy Governor of Rhode Island]] (b. 1739) *[[1825]] – [[Antonio Salieri]], Italian composer and conductor (b. 1750) *[[1840]] – [[Caspar David Friedrich]], German painter and educator (b. 1774) *[[1868]] – [[Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux]], Scottish lawyer and politician, [[Lord Chancellor|Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain]] (b. 1778) *[[1872]] – [[Alexander Loyd]], American carpenter and politician, 4th [[Mayor of Chicago]] (b. 1805) *[[1876]] – [[William Buell Sprague]], American clergyman, historian, and author (b. 1795) *[[1887]] – [[C. F. W. Walther]], German-American religious leader and theologian (b. 1811) *[[1896]] – [[H. H. Holmes]], American serial killer (b. 1861) ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Agostino Roscelli]], Italian priest and saint (b. 1818) *[[1917]] – [[Albert Ball]], English fighter pilot (b. 1896)<ref>{{cite web |title=Albert Ball {{!}} British pilot {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Albert-Ball |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=7 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1922]] – [[Max Wagenknecht]], German pianist and composer (b. 1857) *[[1924]] – [[Alluri Sitarama Raju]], Indian activist (b. 1897/1898) *[[1925]] – [[William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme]], English businessman and politician (b. 1851) *[[1937]] – [[Ernst A. Lehmann]], German captain and author (b. 1886) *[[1938]] – [[Octavian Goga]], Romanian politician, former Prime Minister (b. 1881) *[[1940]] – [[George Lansbury]], English journalist and politician (b. 1859) *[[1941]] – [[James George Frazer]], Scottish-English anthropologist and academic (b. 1854) *[[1942]] – [[Felix Weingartner]], Croatian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1863) *[[1943]] – [[Fethi Okyar]], Turkish colonel and politician, 2nd [[List of Prime Ministers of Turkey|Prime Minister of Turkey]] (b. 1880) *[[1946]] – [[Herbert Macaulay]], Nigerian journalist and politician (b. 1864) *[[1951]] – [[Warner Baxter]], American actor (b. 1889) *[[1967]] – [[Margaret Larkin]], American writer and poet (b. 1899) *[[1958]] – [[Mihkel Lüdig]], Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1880) *[[1976]] – [[Alison Uttley]], English children's book writer (b. 1884) *[[1978]] – [[Mort Weisinger]], American journalist and author (b. 1915) *[[1986]] – [[Haldun Taner]], Turkish playwright and author (b. 1915) *[[1987]] – [[Colin Blakely]], Northern Irish actor (b. 1930) * 1987 – [[Paul Popham]], American soldier and activist, co-founded [[Gay Men's Health Crisis]] (b. 1941) *[[1990]] – [[Sam Tambimuttu]], Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1932) *[[1994]] – [[Clement Greenberg]], American art critic (b. 1909) *[[1995]] – [[Ray McKinley]], American drummer, singer, and bandleader ([[Glenn Miller Orchestra]]) (b. 1910) *[[1998]] – [[Allan McLeod Cormack]], South African-English physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1924) * 1998 – [[Eddie Rabbitt]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941) *[[2000]] – [[Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.]], American captain, actor, and producer (b. 1909) *[[2001]] – [[Jacques de Bourbon-Busset]], French author and politician (b. 1912) *[[2004]] – [[Waldemar Milewicz]], Polish journalist (b. 1956) *[[2005]] – [[Tristan Egolf]], American author and activist (b. 1971) * 2005 – [[Peter W. Rodino|Peter Rodino]], American captain and politician (b. 1909) * 2005 – [[Otilino Tenorio]], Ecuadorian footballer (b. 1980) *[[2006]] – [[Richard Carleton]], Australian journalist (b. 1943) * 2006 – [[Joan C. Edwards]], American singer and philanthropist (b. 1918) *[[2007]] – [[Isabella Blow]], English magazine editor (b. 1958) * 2007 – [[Diego Corrales]], American boxer (b. 1977) * 2007 – [[Octavian Paler]], Romanian journalist and politician (b. 1926) * 2007 – [[Yahweh ben Yahweh]], American cult leader, founded the [[Nation of Yahweh]] (b. 1935) *[[2009]] – [[David Mellor (designer)|David Mellor]], English designer (b. 1930) * 2009 – [[Danny Ozark]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1923) *[[2011]] – [[Seve Ballesteros]], Spanish golfer (b. 1957) * 2011 – [[Willard Boyle]], Canadian physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1924) * 2011 – [[Big George]], English songwriter, producer, and radio host (b. 1957) * 2011 – [[Victor Nosach]], Soviet historian (b. 1929)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gup.ru/events/news/detail.php?ID=162925|title=Летописец Российских профсоюзов|publisher=www.gup.ru|language=ru|accessdate=2018-12-26}}</ref> *[[2012]] – [[Sammy Barr]], Scottish trade union leader (b. 1931) * 2012 – [[Ferenc Bartha]], Hungarian economist and politician (b. 1943) * 2012 – [[Dennis E. Fitch]], American captain and pilot (b. 1942) *[[2013]] – [[Ferruccio Mazzola]], Italian footballer and manager (b. 1948) * 2013 – [[George Sauer, Jr.]], American football player (b. 1943) *[[2014]] – [[Neville McNamara]], Australian air marshal (b. 1923) * 2014 – [[Colin Pillinger]], English astronomer, chemist, and academic (b. 1943) * 2014 – [[Dick Welteroth]], American baseball player (b. 1927) *[[2015]] – [[Frank DiPascali]], American businessman (b. 1956) * 2015 – [[John Dixon (cartoonist)|John Dixon]], Australian-American author and illustrator (b. 1929) *[[2023]] – [[Aase Foss Abrahamsen]], Norwegian writer (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Aase Foss Abrahamsen |first= |last= |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date= 22 August 2023|editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Aase_Foss_Abrahamsen |language=no|access-date=19 March 2024}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Steve Albini]], American musician, record producer, audio engineer, and music journalist (b. 1962)<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Corcoran |first1=Nina |last2=Monroe |first2=Jazz |date=May 8, 2024 |title=Steve Albini, Storied Producer and Icon of the Rock Underground, Dies at 61 |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/steve-albini-storied-producer-and-icon-of-the-rock-underground-dies-at-61/ |access-date=May 8, 2024 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.-->
Summary:
Please note that all contributions to Niidae Wiki may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see
Encyclopedia:Copyrights
for details).
Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Search
Search
Editing
May 7
(section)
Add topic
