Famous Deaths In December - 01

0660  On this day in history eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies   

1135  Henry I Beauclerc, king of England (1st king that could read), dies on December - 01.   

1241  Death of Isabella of England, wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1214) on December - 01.   

1374  On December - 01 magnus Eriksson, king of Norway/Sweden, dies   

1377  Death of King Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316) on this day in history.   

1417  On December - 01 walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland, dies   

1433  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (b. 1377)   

1455  On this day in history lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77   

1521  Leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italian Pope (1513-21), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1530  Margaretha of Austria, governess of the Netherlands, dies at 51 on December - 01.   

1580  Death of Edmund Campion, English jesuit, hanged at 42 on December - 01.   

1581  Death of Ralph Sherwin, English Catholic saint (b. 1550) on December - 01.   

1602  Death of Kobayakawa Hideaki, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1582) on this day in history.   

1623  On this day in history thomas Weelkes, composer, dies at 47   

1633  On this day in history isabella of Austria, infante of Spain/governess in Holland, dies at 67   

1635  Melchior Teschner, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1651  Cristobal de Isla Diego, composer, dies at 65 on December - 01.   

1660  Death of Pierre d'Hozier, French historian (b. 1592) on December - 01.   

1700  Willem ten Rhijne, Dutch physician in Batavia, dies at about 53 on this day in history.   

1707  Jeremiah Clarke, composer, dies on December - 01.   

1709  A Sancta Clara, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1723  Death of Susanna Centlivre, English dramatist and actress on December - 01.   

1727  Johann Heinrich Buttstett, composer, dies at 61 on December - 01.   

1729  Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer, dies at 59 on December - 01.   

1736  Simon van Slingelandt, Dutch grand pensionary (1727-36), dies at 72 on December - 01.   

1750  Death of Doppelmayr, mathematician on this day in history.   

1755  On this day in history maurice Greene, composer, dies at 59   

1767  On this day in history death of henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, British Freemason (b. 1710)   

1797  On this day in history oliver Wolcott, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 71   

1808  On December - 01 anton Fischer, composer, dies at 30   

1813  On December - 01 ferdinando Bertoni, composer, dies at 88   

1817  Justin Heinrich Knechtl, composer, dies at 65 on December - 01.   

1825  On this day in history aleksandr I P Romanov, czar of Russia (1801-25), dies at 47   

1842  On this day in history death of philip Spencer, 1st US naval officer condemned for mutiny, hanged   

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1081  On December - 01 birth of louis VI of France (d. 1137)   

1083  Anna Comnena, Byzantine historian (d. 1153) was born on this day in history.   

1521  Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (d. 1573) was born on December - 01.   

1525  Tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600) was born on December - 01.   

1549  On December - 01 birth of johan van der Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC)   

1566  On this day in history birth of philip, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, gov of Ft Gorinchem/Nijmegen   

1573  Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostile was born on this day in history.   

1580  On December - 01 birth of nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637)