Famous Deaths In August - 22

0408  Flavius Stilicho, West Roman field leader (395-408), dies at 48 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1188  Death of Ferdinand II, King of Leon (b. 1137) on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1304  Death of John II, Count of Hainaut (b. 1247) on August - 22.   

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

1358  On this day in history death of isabella, Queen of England (b. circa 1295)   

1367  Egidius AC Albornor, Spanish archbishop of Toledo, dies at about 57 on this day in history.   

1485  On this day in history 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 August - 22.   

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

1572  Death of Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland (b. 1528) on August - 22.   

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

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

1607  On August - 22 death of bartholomew Gosnold, English explorer and privateer (b. 1572)   

1609  On this day in history death of maharal of Prague, Jewish mystic and philosopher (b. 1525)   

1652  Death of Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (b. 1583) on this day in history.   

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

1701  On August - 22 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  Death of William Whiston, English mathematician (b. 1667) on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 August - 22 franz Joseph Gall, German/French physician (frenology), dies at 70   

1831  On this day in history john White, composer, dies at 52   

1850  On this day in history nikolaus Lenau, writer, dies at 48   

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

1601  Georges de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1667) was born on this day in history.   

1615  On this day in history birth of christopher Gibbons, composer   

1624  On this day in history birth of jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer (d. 1701)   

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

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

1681  On August - 22 birth of pierre Danican Philidor, composer   

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