Famous Deaths In July - 07

1129  Shirakawa, emperor of Japan (1072-86)/budhist monk, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1304  On this day in history benedict XI, [Niccolo Boccasini], Pope (1303-04), dies   

1307  Edward I, King of England (1272-1307), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1348  On this day in history john Andreae, Italian canonist, dies   

1537  On this day in history death of madeleine de Valois, queen of James V of Scotland (b. 1520)   

1572  On July - 07 sigismund II August, last Jagellonen king of Poland, dies at 51   

1573  On July - 07 death of giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (b. 1507)   

1647  On this day in history thomas Hooker, clergyman, father of American democracy, dies   

1656  Death of Michelangelo Rossi, Italian opera composer, buried at about 55 on July - 07.   

1663  On July - 07 death of thomas Baltzar, German violinist   

1694  On July - 07 dokusho, Zen teacher, Obaku line, dies   

1701  Death of William Stoughton, American judge at the Salem witch trials (b. 1631) on this day in history.   

1713  On this day in history death of henry Compton, Bishop of Oxford and privy councillor (b. 1632)   

1764  Death of William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, English politician (b. 1683) on July - 07.   

1771  Thomas Gray, English poet (Elegy), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1773  On this day in history cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician/astronomer, dies at 60   

1774  On this day in history giuseppi Maria Carretti, composer, dies at 83   

1776  Death of Jeremiah Markland, English classical scholar (b. 1693) on this day in history.   

1790  Franciscus "Frans" Hemsterhuis, Frisian philosopher, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1794  Pascal Boyer, composer, dies at 51 on July - 07.   

1799  On this day in history william Curtis, English botanist (Botanical Magazine), dies at 53   

1814  On this day in history robert Jasper van der Capellen, Dutch politician, dies at 71   

1816  On this day in history death of richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright and politician (b. 1751)   

1826  On this day in history friedrich Ludwig Dulon, flautist/composer, dies at 56   

1855  On July - 07 death of konstantin Batyushkov, Russian poet (b. 1787)   

1861  On this day in history john Willis Ellis, US governor of NC (1858-61), dies   

1865  On July - 07 death of mary Surratt, & 3 other Lincoln conspirators, hanged   

1878  On July - 07 death of yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician (b. 1847)   

1885  Nicola De Giosa, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1889  Giovanni Bottesini, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1890  Death of Henri Nestlé, Founder of Nestlé S.A. (b. 1814) on this day in history.   

1893  Guy de Maupassant, writer, dies at 42 on July - 07.   

1898  On July - 07 lucien Petipa, French dancer/choreograph/ballet leader, dies   

1901  On July - 07 death of johanna Spyri, Swiss author (b. 1827)   

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1053  On July - 07 birth of emperor Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1129)   

1119  On July - 07 birth of emperor Sutoku of Japan (d. 1164)   

1528  Anna of Austria, Duchess of Bavaria, daughter of Ferdinand I (d. 1590) was born on July - 07.   

1586  Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English statesman (d. 1646) was born on this day in history.   

1656  Guru Har Krishan, 8th Guru of Sikhism (d. 1664) was born on July - 07.   

1690  On July - 07 birth of johann Tobias Krebs, composer   

1710  On this day in history birth of arvid Niclas Hopken, composer   

1746  On this day in history birth of ludwig Wenzel Lachnith, composer