Famous Deaths In December - 01

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

1135  On this day in history henry I Beauclerc, king of England (1st king that could read), dies   

1241  On December - 01 death of isabella of England, wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1214)   

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

1377  On this day in history death of king Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316)   

1417  Walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland, dies on December - 01.   

1433  On December - 01 death of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (b. 1377)   

1455  On December - 01 lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77   

1521  Leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italian Pope (1513-21), dies at 45 on December - 01.   

1530  On December - 01 margaretha of Austria, governess of the Netherlands, dies at 51   

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

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

1602  On December - 01 death of kobayakawa Hideaki, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1582)   

1623  Thomas Weelkes, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

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  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  On this day in history willem ten Rhijne, Dutch physician in Batavia, dies at about 53   

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 this day in history.   

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

1729  Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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

1750  On December - 01 death of doppelmayr, mathematician   

1755  On December - 01 maurice Greene, composer, dies at 59   

1767  Death of Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, British Freemason (b. 1710) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history ferdinando Bertoni, composer, dies at 88   

1817  On December - 01 justin Heinrich Knechtl, composer, dies at 65   

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

1842  Death of Philip Spencer, 1st US naval officer condemned for mutiny, hanged on this day in history.   

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1081  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1525  On this day in history 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 December - 01.   

1573  On December - 01 birth of philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostile   

1580  On this day in history birth of nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637)