Famous Deaths In August - 05

0882  On August - 05 death of king Louis III of France (b. 863)   

1063  On this day in history 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 August - 05.   

1572  Death of Isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534) on August - 05.   

1579  On this day in history 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  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 August - 05 death of john Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English statesman and writer (b. 1696)   

1778  On this day in history thomas Linley, composer, dies at 22   

1792  Frederick 7th baron North, English premier (1770-82), dies at 60 on August - 05.   

1799  On August - 05 death of richard Howe, British admiral (b. 1726)   

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 August - 05.   

1863  On this day in history 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  On August - 05 death of gustavus, Crown Prince of Sweden (b. 1799)   

1880  On this day in history death of ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician (b. 1816)   

1889  On this day in history willem Ruys J Dz, ship owner, dies at 80   

1891  On this day in history henry Charles Litolff, French pianist/componist, dies at 73   

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  On August - 05 victoria, Emperor of Germany/Queen of Prussia, dies at 60   

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

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

1911  On August - 05 death of bob Caruthers, American baseball player (b. 1864)   

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

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

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  On August - 05 birth of alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506)   

1540  On this day in history birth of joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating   

1604  On August - 05 birth of john Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized   

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

1623  On this day in history birth of antonio Cesti, composer   

1624  On this day in history birth of william, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America