Famous Deaths In August - 05

0882  On August - 05 death of king Louis III of France (b. 863)   

1063  Death of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on this day in history.   

1157  On this day in history dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies   

1364  Death of Emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313) on August - 05.   

1572  On this day in history death of isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534)   

1579  On this day in history death of stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504)   

1610  Death of Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile on August - 05.   

1644  On August - 05 j Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61   

1678  On August - 05 death of juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican musician and composer (b. 1619)   

1743  On this day in history death of john Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English statesman and writer (b. 1696)   

1778  On this day in history thomas Linley, composer, dies at 22   

1792  Frederick 7th baron North, English premier (1770-82), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1799  Death of Richard Howe, British admiral (b. 1726) on August - 05.   

1830  Karl Friedrich Horn, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1834  Gijsbert K van Hogendorp, Dutch min of Foreign affairs, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1852  On August - 05 frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech slavist/poet, dies at 53   

1856  Rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer, dies at 61 on August - 05.   

1862  Thomas Williams, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47 on August - 05.   

1863  Adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer, dies at 53 on August - 05.   

1864  Griffin A Stedman, Union-brig-gen (Fort Stedman), dies in battle at 26 on this day in history.   

1868  On this day in history death of jacques Boucher de CrèvecÅ“ur de Perthes, French archaeologist (b. 1788)   

1877  Death of Gustavus, Crown Prince of Sweden (b. 1799) on August - 05.   

1880  On this day in history death of ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician (b. 1816)   

1889  Willem Ruys J Dz, ship owner, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1891  On this day in history henry Charles Litolff, French pianist/componist, dies at 73   

1895  Friedrich English, German textile manufacturer/marxist, dies on this day in history.   

1900  James Augustine Healy, black Roman Catholic bishop, dies at 80 on August - 05.   

1901  On August - 05 victoria, Emperor of Germany/Queen of Prussia, dies at 60   

1907  On this day in history gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer, dies at 66   

1910  Wojciech Gawronski, composer, dies at 42 on August - 05.   

1911  Death of Bob Caruthers, American baseball player (b. 1864) on August - 05.   

1916  On August - 05 george Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer, dies at 31   

1923  Death of Vatroslav Jagić, Croatian slavist (b. 1835) on this day in history.   

1925  On August - 05 death of jennie Lee (actor), American actress (b. 1848)   

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1301  Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330) was born on this day in history.   

1397  Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474) was born on August - 05.   

1461  On August - 05 birth of alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506)   

1540  On this day in history birth of joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating   

1604  On August - 05 birth of john Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized   

1607  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer was born on August - 05.   

1623  On this day in history birth of antonio Cesti, composer   

1624  William, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America was born on August - 05.