Notable Deaths on May 3

113 people 678 – 2024

May 3 has seen 113 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 678 – 2024. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

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Béla IV of Hungary (born 1206)

1270 — Béla IV of Hungary (born 1206)

Béla IV of Hungary (born 1206)

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As the oldest son of King Andrew II, he was crowned upon the initiative of a group of influential noblemen in his father's lifetime in 1214

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Béla IV was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1235 and 1270, and Duke of Styria from 1254 to 1258

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Some Cuman chieftains acknowledged his suzerainty and he adopted the title of King of Cumania in 1233

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King Andrew died on 21 September 1235 and Béla succeeded him

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His father, who strongly opposed Béla's coronation, refused to give him a province to rule until 1220


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Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil
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Matilda of Boulogne (born 1105)
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John I
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1294
Alexios II Megas Komnenos
Emperor of Trebizond (born 1282)
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1330
Antipope Alexander V
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1410
Mehmed the Conqueror
Ottoman sultan (born 1432)
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1481
9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, English Baron (born 1463)
John Devereux, 9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley was an English peer.
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1501
Richard Grey
3rd Earl of Kent, English peer (born 1481)
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1524
Juana de la Cruz Vazquez Gutierrez
Spanish Roman Catholic nun and venerable (born 1481)
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1534
Julius
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (born 1528)
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1589
Henry Garnet
English priest and author (born 1555)
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1606
Elizabeth Bacon
English Tudor gentlewoman (born 1541)
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1621
James Sharp
Scottish archbishop (born 1613)
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1679
Claude de Rouvroy
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1693
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
Czech-Austrian violinist and composer (born 1644)
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1704
John Leverett the Younger
American lawyer, academic, and politician (born 1662)
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1724
Scottish minister and author (born 1680)
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1750
Samuel Ogle
English-American captain and politician, 5th Governor of Restored Proprietary Government (born 1692)
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1752
Pope Benedict XIV (born 1675)
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Notable deaths

Who died on May 3?

Béla IV of Hungary (born 1206) — King of Hungary and Croatia from 1235 to 1270

Death year1270
Known forAs the oldest son of King Andrew II, he was crowned upon the initiative of a group of influential noblemen in his father's lifetime in 1214
Deaths on this date113 (678 – 2024)

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