Famous Deaths In August - 01

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

1137  On this day in history louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37)   

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

1227  On August - 01 death of shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179)   

1402  On this day in history death of edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341)   

1457  On August - 01 laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50   

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 August - 01.   

1557  Death of Olaus Magnus, Swedish writer (b. 1490) on this day in history.   

1580  Death of Albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (b. 1524) on this day in history.   

1589  On August - 01 death of jacques Clément, French assassin of Henry III of France (b. 1567)   

1628  Francesco Gonzaga, composer, dies at 37 on August - 01.   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  Death of Yakov Kulnev, Russian general (killed in battle) (b. 1763) on August - 01.   

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

1821  Elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson), actress/author (Lady Abbess), dies at 68 on August - 01.   

1834  Robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies on this day in history.   

1837  On August - 01 walter Geikie, painter, dies   

1846  On this day in history peter Ritter, composer, dies at 83   

1851  On August - 01 death of william Joseph Behr, German writer (b. 1775)   

1857  On August - 01 charles Turner, engraver, dies   

1866  On August - 01 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  On this day in history karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies   

1884  Heinrich Laube, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1902  Ludwig Beckmann, painter, dies on August - 01.   

1911  On this day in history konrad Duden, German linguist (Das, grosse Duden Lexicon), dies   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Next Page »

1313  Emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364) was born on this day in history.   

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

1377  On August - 01 birth of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433)   

1495  On August - 01 birth of jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect   

1520  On this day in history 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 this day in history.