Famous Deaths In August - 22

0408  On August - 22 flavius Stilicho, West Roman field leader (395-408), dies at 48   

0634  On this day in history abd Allah Abu Bekr, Arabic merchant/1st kalief of Islam, dies   

1155  On this day in history death of konoe, Emperor of Japan (b. 1139)   

1188  On August - 22 death of ferdinand II, King of Leon (b. 1137)   

1241  Gregory IX, [Ugolino di Segni], Italian Pope, dies on August - 22.   

1280  On this day in history nicholas III, [Giovanni Gaetano Orsini], Italian Pope (1277-80), dies   

1286  Death of Erik V Klipping, king of Denmark, murdered on August - 22.   

1304  On this day in history death of john II, Count of Hainaut (b. 1247)   

1350  Philips VI, of Valois, King of France (1328-50), dies on August - 22.   

1358  Death of Isabella, Queen of England (b. circa 1295) on August - 22.   

1367  Egidius AC Albornor, Spanish archbishop of Toledo, dies at about 57 on August - 22.   

1485  On August - 22 death of richard III, king of England (1483-85), killed in battle at 32   

1532  William Warham, English archbishop of Canterbury (1502-32), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1553  Death of John Dudley, English Lord Admiral/premier (1551-53), beheaded on this day in history.   

1572  Death of Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland (b. 1528) on this day in history.   

1584  Death of Jan Kochanowski, Polish writer (b. 1530) on August - 22.   

1599  On August - 22 death of beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (b. 1577)   

1607  Death of Bartholomew Gosnold, English explorer and privateer (b. 1572) on August - 22.   

1609  Death of Maharal of Prague, Jewish mystic and philosopher (b. 1525) on this day in history.   

1652  On August - 22 death of jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (b. 1583)   

1680  On this day in history johann Georg II, Elector of Saxony (1656-80), dies at 67   

1701  On this day in history death of john Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (b. 1628)   

1711  Death of Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French marshal (b. 1644) on this day in history.   

1752  On this day in history death of william Whiston, English mathematician (b. 1667)   

1755  Caspar Burman, historian/mayor (Utrecht), dies on this day in history.   

1773  Death of George Lyttelton, English writer and politician (b. 1709) on this day in history.   

1793  On this day in history louis Duke de Noailles, marshal of France, dies at 80   

1797  Death of Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Alsatian-born Austrian general (b. 1724) on August - 22.   

1801  Pieter G van Overstraten, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1806  On August - 22 death of jean-Honoré Fragonard, French artist (b. 1732)   

1818  On this day in history warren Hastings, 1st governor-general of India (1773-84), dies at 85   

1828  On this day in history franz Joseph Gall, German/French physician (frenology), dies at 70   

1831  John White, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1850  On August - 22 nikolaus Lenau, writer, dies at 48   

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1530  Bartolomeo Spontone, composer was born on this day in history.   

1601  Georges de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1667) was born on August - 22.   

1615  Christopher Gibbons, composer was born on this day in history.   

1624  Jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer (d. 1701) was born on August - 22.   

1647  On August - 22 birth of denis Papin, French physicist (Papiniaanse pot, steam machine)   

1679  On August - 22 birth of pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (d. 1758)   

1681  Pierre Danican Philidor, composer was born on August - 22.   

1753  Christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer was born on this day in history.