Famous Deaths In August - 22

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

0634  Abd Allah Abu Bekr, Arabic merchant/1st kalief of Islam, dies on this day in history.   

1155  Death of Konoe, Emperor of Japan (b. 1139) on August - 22.   

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

1241  Gregory IX, [Ugolino di Segni], Italian Pope, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1304  Death of John II, Count of Hainaut (b. 1247) on this day in history.   

1350  On this day in history philips VI, of Valois, King of France (1328-50), dies   

1358  Death of Isabella, Queen of England (b. circa 1295) on this day in history.   

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

1485  Death of Richard III, king of England (1483-85), killed in battle at 32 on August - 22.   

1532  William Warham, English archbishop of Canterbury (1502-32), dies at 82 on August - 22.   

1553  On August - 22 death of john Dudley, English Lord Admiral/premier (1551-53), beheaded   

1572  On this day in history death of thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland (b. 1528)   

1584  Death of Jan Kochanowski, Polish writer (b. 1530) on this day in history.   

1599  Death of Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (b. 1577) on August - 22.   

1607  Death of Bartholomew Gosnold, English explorer and privateer (b. 1572) on this day in history.   

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

1652  Death of Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (b. 1583) on August - 22.   

1680  Johann Georg II, Elector of Saxony (1656-80), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1701  Death of John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (b. 1628) on August - 22.   

1711  Death of Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French marshal (b. 1644) on August - 22.   

1752  On August - 22 death of william Whiston, English mathematician (b. 1667)   

1755  On August - 22 caspar Burman, historian/mayor (Utrecht), dies   

1773  On this day in history death of george Lyttelton, English writer and politician (b. 1709)   

1793  Louis Duke de Noailles, marshal of France, dies at 80 on August - 22.   

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 August - 22.   

1806  On this day in history death of jean-Honoré Fragonard, French artist (b. 1732)   

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

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

1831  On August - 22 john White, composer, dies at 52   

1850  Nikolaus Lenau, writer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

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1530  Bartolomeo Spontone, composer was born on August - 22.   

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

1615  On August - 22 birth of christopher Gibbons, composer   

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

1647  Denis Papin, French physicist (Papiniaanse pot, steam machine) was born on this day in history.   

1679  Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (d. 1758) was born on August - 22.   

1681  On this day in history birth of pierre Danican Philidor, composer   

1753  Christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer was born on August - 22.