Famous Deaths In August - 01

0527  On this day in history justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies   

1137  Louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37) on August - 01.   

1190  Floris III, Count of Holland, dies on August - 01.   

1227  Death of Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179) on August - 01.   

1402  Death of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341) on August - 01.   

1457  Laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50 on this day in history.   

1464  Death of Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386) on this day in history.   

1541  Death of Simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493) on August - 01.   

1546  Death of Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (b. 1506) on this day in history.   

1557  On this day in history death of olaus Magnus, Swedish writer (b. 1490)   

1580  On August - 01 death of albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (b. 1524)   

1589  Death of Jacques Clément, French assassin of Henry III of France (b. 1567) on August - 01.   

1628  On this day in history francesco Gonzaga, composer, dies at 37   

1667  On August - 01 paul Foot, lawyer/historian, dies at 48   

1714  On August - 01 anne Stuart, queen of England (1702-14), dies at about 49   

1743  On August - 01 richard Savage, English poet/playwright, dies at about 46   

1787  Alfonsus M de' Liguori, Italian theologist/bishop/saint, dies at 90 on August - 01.   

1796  Death of Robert Pigot, British army officer (b. 1720) on August - 01.   

1798  On August - 01 death of françois-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, French admiral (killed in battle) (b. 1753)   

1805  On August - 01 friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer, dies at 51   

1812  On August - 01 death of yakov Kulnev, Russian general (killed in battle) (b. 1763)   

1813  Carl Stenborg, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1821  Elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson), actress/author (Lady Abbess), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1834  On August - 01 robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies   

1837  Walter Geikie, painter, dies on August - 01.   

1846  Peter Ritter, composer, dies at 83 on August - 01.   

1851  On this day in history death of william Joseph Behr, German writer (b. 1775)   

1857  On August - 01 charles Turner, engraver, dies   

1866  On this day in history death of john Ross (aka. Kooweskoowe), Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (b. 1790)   

1882  Henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43 on August - 01.   

1883  Karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies on this day in history.   

1884  On August - 01 heinrich Laube, writer, dies   

1902  Ludwig Beckmann, painter, dies on this day in history.   

1911  On August - 01 konrad Duden, German linguist (Das, grosse Duden Lexicon), dies   

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

1322  On this day in history birth of peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian   

1377  Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433) was born on this day in history.   

1495  On this day in history birth of jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect   

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

1545  On August - 01 birth of andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622)   

1555  Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597) was born on August - 01.   

1579  On August - 01 birth of luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)