Famous Deaths Happened In August - 05

0882  Death of King Louis III of France (b. 863) on this day in history.   

1063  On August - 05 death of gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd   

1157  Dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

1364  Death of Emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313) on this day in history.   

1572  On this day in history death of isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534)   

1579  Death of Stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504) on this day in history.   

1610  Death of Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile on this day in history.   

1644  J Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61 on August - 05.   

1678  Death of Juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican musician and composer (b. 1619) on August - 05.   

1743  On this day in history death of john Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English statesman and writer (b. 1696)   

1778  On August - 05 thomas Linley, composer, dies at 22   

1792  Frederick 7th baron North, English premier (1770-82), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1799  Death of Richard Howe, British admiral (b. 1726) on August - 05.   

1830  On August - 05 karl Friedrich Horn, composer, dies at 68   

1834  On this day in history gijsbert K van Hogendorp, Dutch min of Foreign affairs, dies at 71   

1852  Frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech slavist/poet, dies at 53 on August - 05.   

1856  Rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1862  Thomas Williams, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47 on this day in history.   

1863  Adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1864  On August - 05 griffin A Stedman, Union-brig-gen (Fort Stedman), dies in battle at 26   

1868  On August - 05 death of jacques Boucher de CrèvecÅ“ur de Perthes, French archaeologist (b. 1788)   

1877  On this day in history death of gustavus, Crown Prince of Sweden (b. 1799)   

1880  On August - 05 death of ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician (b. 1816)   

1889  Willem Ruys J Dz, ship owner, dies at 80 on August - 05.   

1891  On August - 05 henry Charles Litolff, French pianist/componist, dies at 73   

1895  On this day in history friedrich English, German textile manufacturer/marxist, dies   

1900  James Augustine Healy, black Roman Catholic bishop, dies at 80 on August - 05.   

1901  On this day in history victoria, Emperor of Germany/Queen of Prussia, dies at 60   

1907  Gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer, dies at 66 on August - 05.   

1910  On this day in history wojciech Gawronski, composer, dies at 42   

1911  Death of Bob Caruthers, American baseball player (b. 1864) on this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history george Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer, dies at 31   

1923  On August - 05 death of vatroslav Jagić, Croatian slavist (b. 1835)   

1925  On August - 05 death of jennie Lee (actor), American actress (b. 1848)   

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1301  Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330) was born on this day in history.   

1397  Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474) was born on August - 05.   

1461  Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506) was born on August - 05.   

1540  Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating was born on August - 05.   

1604  John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1607  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer was born on August - 05.   

1623  Antonio Cesti, composer was born on August - 05.   

1624  William, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America was born on August - 05.