Famous Deaths In August - 07

0461  On August - 07 death of majorian, Roman Emperor (assassinated) (b. 420)   

0479  On this day in history death of emperor YÅ«ryaku of Japan   

1033  On this day in history death of frederick II, duke of Upper Lorraine   

1106  Henry IV, Roman German king/emperor (1056/84-1105), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1485  On this day in history death of alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince   

1547  Cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies on August - 07.   

1609  Eustache du Caurroy, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1613  Death of Thomas Fleming, English judge (b. 1544) on this day in history.   

1616  On August - 07 vincenzo Scamozzi, Ital architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice), dies   

1635  On this day in history death of friedrich von Spee, German writer (b. 1591)   

1639  Death of Martin van den Hove, Dutch scientist (b. 1605) on this day in history.   

1657  Robert Blake, English admiral (Dover, Dungeness), dies at about 57 on this day in history.   

1661  On this day in history death of jin Shengtan, Chinese editor, writer and critic (b. 1608)   

1712  Friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1786  On August - 07 friedrich Schwindl, composer, dies at 49   

1798  Johann Gottlieb Sollner, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1799  John Bacon, English sculptor, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1816  Dionysius G van der Keessel, Dut lawyer (Theses selectae), dies at 77 on August - 07.   

1817  Death of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French industrialist (b. 1739) on August - 07.   

1834  On this day in history death of joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor (b. 1752)   

1846  On August - 07 johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer, dies at 76   

1848  On this day in history death of jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (b. 1779)   

1855  On this day in history death of mariano Arista, President of Mexico (b. 1802)   

1864  On August - 07 death of li Xiucheng, late Taiping‘s Field Marshal and soul person.(b. 1823)   

1867  Ira F Aldridge, US actor (Othello/Shylock), dies in Lodes Poland at 63 on August - 07.   

1885  Antony EJ Modderman, Dutch minister of Justice (1879-83), dies at 46 on August - 07.   

1893  Alfredo Catalani, composer, dies at 39 on August - 07.   

1912  On this day in history death of françois-Alphonse Forel, Swiss hydrologist (b. 1841)   

1913  On August - 07 david Popper, composer, dies at 70   

1914  On August - 07 b B (Bransby) Cooper, cricketer (Test for Australia), dies   

1916  On August - 07 charles E Manning, Australian judge/major, dies in battle at 36   

1917  Death of Squadron Commander E.H. Dunning, first pilot to land his aircraft on a moving ship. (b. 1891) on this day in history.   

1921  Alexander A Block, Russian poet (Dvenatsat), dies at 40 on August - 07.   

1923  On August - 07 hendrik Pierson, Dutch theologist (H Pierson Foundation), dies at 89   

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1282  On August - 07 birth of princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (d. 1316)   

1533  Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (d. 1595) was born on this day in history.   

1560  On August - 07 birth of elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer (d. 1614)   

1574  On August - 07 birth of robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649)   

1598  Georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules) was born on this day in history.   

1726  On August - 07 birth of james Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790)   

1742  On this day in history birth of nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General   

1746  Daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian was born on August - 07.