Famous Deaths Happened In August - 01

0527  Justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies on this day in history.   

1137  On this day in history louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37)   

1190  Floris III, Count of Holland, dies on August - 01.   

1227  Death of Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179) on this day in history.   

1402  On August - 01 death of edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341)   

1457  On this day in history laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50   

1464  On August - 01 death of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)   

1541  Death of Simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493) on August - 01.   

1546  Death of Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (b. 1506) on this day in history.   

1557  On August - 01 death of olaus Magnus, Swedish writer (b. 1490)   

1580  On this day in history death of albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (b. 1524)   

1589  On this day in history death of jacques Clément, French assassin of Henry III of France (b. 1567)   

1628  Francesco Gonzaga, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1667  Paul Foot, lawyer/historian, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1714  Anne Stuart, queen of England (1702-14), dies at about 49 on this day in history.   

1743  Richard Savage, English poet/playwright, dies at about 46 on August - 01.   

1787  Alfonsus M de' Liguori, Italian theologist/bishop/saint, dies at 90 on August - 01.   

1796  On this day in history death of robert Pigot, British army officer (b. 1720)   

1798  Death of François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, French admiral (killed in battle) (b. 1753) on August - 01.   

1805  Friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1812  Death of Yakov Kulnev, Russian general (killed in battle) (b. 1763) on this day in history.   

1813  Carl Stenborg, composer, dies at 60 on August - 01.   

1821  Elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson), actress/author (Lady Abbess), dies at 68 on August - 01.   

1834  Robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies on this day in history.   

1837  On August - 01 walter Geikie, painter, dies   

1846  Peter Ritter, composer, dies at 83 on August - 01.   

1851  On this day in history death of william Joseph Behr, German writer (b. 1775)   

1857  On August - 01 charles Turner, engraver, dies   

1866  Death of John Ross (aka. Kooweskoowe), Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (b. 1790) on this day in history.   

1882  On August - 01 henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43   

1883  On August - 01 karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies   

1884  On this day in history heinrich Laube, writer, dies   

1902  On August - 01 ludwig Beckmann, painter, dies   

1911  Konrad Duden, German linguist (Das, grosse Duden Lexicon), dies on August - 01.   

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1313  On this day in history birth of emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364)   

1322  On August - 01 birth of peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian   

1377  On August - 01 birth of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433)   

1495  On August - 01 birth of jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect   

1520  On this day in history birth of sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)   

1545  On this day in history birth of andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622)   

1555  Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597) was born on this day in history.   

1579  Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644) was born on August - 01.