Famous Deaths Happened In August - 05

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

1063  Death of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on this day in history.   

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

1364  On this day in history death of emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313)   

1572  Death of Isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534) on this day in history.   

1579  On August - 05 death of stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504)   

1610  Death of Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile on August - 05.   

1644  On August - 05 j Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61   

1678  On August - 05 death of juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican musician and composer (b. 1619)   

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 this day in history.   

1830  Karl Friedrich Horn, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1834  On August - 05 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  On August - 05 rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer, dies at 61   

1862  On August - 05 thomas Williams, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47   

1863  On August - 05 adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer, dies at 53   

1864  On this day in history griffin A Stedman, Union-brig-gen (Fort Stedman), dies in battle at 26   

1868  Death of Jacques Boucher de CrèvecÅ“ur de Perthes, French archaeologist (b. 1788) on this day in history.   

1877  Death of Gustavus, Crown Prince of Sweden (b. 1799) on August - 05.   

1880  Death of Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician (b. 1816) on this day in history.   

1889  Willem Ruys J Dz, ship owner, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1891  Henry Charles Litolff, French pianist/componist, dies at 73 on August - 05.   

1895  On August - 05 friedrich English, German textile manufacturer/marxist, dies   

1900  On this day in history james Augustine Healy, black Roman Catholic bishop, dies at 80   

1901  Victoria, Emperor of Germany/Queen of Prussia, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1907  On August - 05 gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer, dies at 66   

1910  On August - 05 wojciech Gawronski, composer, dies at 42   

1911  Death of Bob Caruthers, American baseball player (b. 1864) on August - 05.   

1916  On August - 05 george Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer, dies at 31   

1923  Death of Vatroslav Jagić, Croatian slavist (b. 1835) on August - 05.   

1925  On this day in history 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 August - 05.   

1397  On this day in history birth of guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)   

1461  Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of antonio Cesti, composer   

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