Famous Deaths In August - 03

0808  On this day in history p'ang Yun, [Layman P'ang], Exemplary Zen practitioner, dies in China   

1387  On August - 03 olaf V Haakonsson, King of Denmark (1376-87)/Norway (1380-87), dies   

1460  On August - 03 death of king James II of Scotland (b. 1430)   

1527  On August - 03 death of scaramuccia Trivulzio, Italian cardinal   

1530  On August - 03 philibert Chalon, prince of Orange/viceroy of Naples, dies   

1546  On August - 03 death of antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (b. 1484)   

1604  On August - 03 death of bernardino de Mendoza, Spanish military commander   

1621  Death of Guillaume du Vair, French writer (b. 1556) on August - 03.   

1667  Death of Francesco Borromini, Swiss sculptor and architect (b. 1599) on this day in history.   

1712  Death of Joshua Barnes, English scholar (b. 1654) on August - 03.   

1716  On August - 03 sebastian Duron, composer, dies at 56   

1720  Death of Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch statesman (b. 1641) on this day in history.   

1721  Death of Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-born woodcarver (b. 1648) on this day in history.   

1761  Death of Johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (b. 1691) on this day in history.   

1773  On this day in history death of stanisÅ‚aw Konarski, Polish writer (b. 1700)   

1779  On this day in history henry Kobell, Dutch painter/cartoonist, dies at 27   

1780  Etienne B de Condillac, French philosopher (sensualism), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1784  On August - 03 giovanni Battista Martini, composer, dies at 78   

1792  On August - 03 death of richard Arkwright, English industrialist and inventor (b. 1732)   

1797  Jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1800  Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1802  Henry DFL, prince of Prussia/general/diplomat, dies on this day in history.   

1805  Death of Christopher Anstey, English writer (b. 1724) on August - 03.   

1811  Sebastiaan C Nederburgh, Dutch dir-gen of East Indies Co, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1823  Jacob A Uitenhage de Mist, Dutch politician/colonial dir, dies at 74 on August - 03.   

1825  On this day in history ambrogio Minoja, composer, dies at 72   

1833  On August - 03 stoffel Muller, Dutch sect leader, dies   

1835  Wenzel Muller, composer, dies at 67 on August - 03.   

1839  Death of Dorothea von Schlegel, German novelist (b. 1763) on August - 03.   

1857  Death of Eugène Sue, French novelist (b. 1804) on August - 03.   

1867  Death of Philipp August Böckh, German scholar and antiquarian (b. 1785) on August - 03.   

1877  Karl Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1879  Death of Joseph Severn, English painter (b. 1793) on this day in history.   

1886  Per August Olander, composer, dies at 62 on August - 03.   

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1509  Ã‰tienne Dolet, French scholar (d. 1546) was born on August - 03.   

1645  On August - 03 birth of august Kuhnel, composer   

1692  John Henley, English clergyman (d. 1759) was born on August - 03.   

1748  On this day in history birth of carl Ludwig Junker, composer   

1770  On this day in history birth of frederik Willem III, reactionary king of Prussia (1797-1840)   

1801  On this day in history birth of joseph Paxton, English landscape architect (Crystal Palace)   

1808  On this day in history birth of hamilton Fish, American politician (d. 1893)   

1811  Elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator) was born on August - 03.