Famous Birthdays In August - 01

1313  On this day in history birth of emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364)   

1322  On August - 01 birth of peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian   

1377  Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433) was born on August - 01.   

1495  Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect was born on this day in history.   

1520  On August - 01 birth of sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)   

1545  Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622) was born on August - 01.   

1555  Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597) was born on this day in history.   

1579  Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644) was born on August - 01.   

1626  On August - 01 birth of sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi, kabbalist, and founder of the Jewish Sabbatean movement (d. 1676)   

1630  On this day in history birth of thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English statesman (d. 1673)   

1642  Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95) [or Feb 25, 1643] was born on August - 01.   

1659  Antoine Mouque, composer was born on August - 01.   

1685  Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer was born on August - 01.   

1686  On this day in history birth of benedetto Marcello, Italian author/composer (Lettera Famigliare)   

1713  On this day in history birth of charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1780)   

1714  On this day in history birth of richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter   

1738  On August - 01 birth of jacques François Dugommier, French general (d. 1794)   

1744  Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine Monnet de Lamarck, French zoologist was born on August - 01.   

1753  Charles, 3rd earl Stanhope, England, radical politician/scientist was born on this day in history.   

1755  Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer was born on August - 01.   

1766  On August - 01 birth of ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner, pianist/composer   

1766  Jeffrey Wyatville, architect was born on this day in history.   

1770  On August - 01 birth of william Clark, Charlottsville VA, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition   

1779  Francis Scott Key, composer (Star-Spangled Banner) was born on August - 01.   

1779  On this day in history birth of lorenz Oken, German naturalist (d. 1851)   

1786  On this day in history birth of louis C Luzac, judge/Dutch Internal minister   

1814  On this day in history birth of maxcy Gregg, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862   

1815  Richard Henry Dana, novelist/lawyer spent 2 years before mast was born on this day in history.   

1818  On this day in history birth of maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer on Nantucket Island   

1819  On August - 01 birth of herman Melville, US, author (Moby Dick, Billy Budd)   

1824  On this day in history birth of edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer   

1837  On this day in history birth of mother Jones, American labor organizer (d. 1930)   

1840  Aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer was born on August - 01.   

1843  On August - 01 birth of robert Todd Lincoln, Capt (Union volunteers), died in 1926   

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0371  On August - 01 death of st Eusebius of Vercelli, Italian bishop (b. c. 283)   

0527  Justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies on this day in history.   

1137  Louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37) on this day in history.   

1190  Floris III, Count of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

1227  On this day in history death of shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179)   

1402  On August - 01 death of edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341)   

1457  Laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50 on August - 01.   

1464  Death of Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386) on August - 01.