Famous Deaths In December - 01

0660  On December - 01 eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies   

1135  Henry I Beauclerc, king of England (1st king that could read), dies on this day in history.   

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

1374  Magnus Eriksson, king of Norway/Sweden, dies on this day in history.   

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 December - 01 death of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (b. 1377)   

1455  Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77 on December - 01.   

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

1530  Margaretha of Austria, governess of the Netherlands, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1580  On December - 01 death of edmund Campion, English jesuit, hanged at 42   

1581  On December - 01 death of ralph Sherwin, English Catholic saint (b. 1550)   

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  Isabella of Austria, infante of Spain/governess in Holland, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

1651  On this day in history cristobal de Isla Diego, composer, dies at 65   

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 December - 01.   

1707  On this day in history jeremiah Clarke, composer, dies   

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

1723  On December - 01 death of susanna Centlivre, English dramatist and actress   

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

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

1736  On December - 01 simon van Slingelandt, Dutch grand pensionary (1727-36), dies at 72   

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

1755  Maurice Greene, composer, dies at 59 on December - 01.   

1767  On December - 01 death of henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, British Freemason (b. 1710)   

1797  On December - 01 oliver Wolcott, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 71   

1808  On this day in history anton Fischer, composer, dies at 30   

1813  On this day in history 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 December - 01 death of philip Spencer, 1st US naval officer condemned for mutiny, hanged   

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1081  Louis VI of France (d. 1137) was born on this day in history.   

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

1521  On December - 01 birth of takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (d. 1573)   

1525  On December - 01 birth of tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600)   

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

1566  Philip, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, gov of Ft Gorinchem/Nijmegen was born on this day in history.   

1573  Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostile was born on December - 01.   

1580  Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637) was born on December - 01.