Famous Birthdays In August - 01

1313  Emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364) was born on August - 01.   

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

1377  Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433) was born on this day in history.   

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

1520  On August - 01 birth of sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)   

1545  Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622) was born on August - 01.   

1555  On August - 01 birth of edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)   

1579  Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.   

1626  On this day in history birth of sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi, kabbalist, and founder of the Jewish Sabbatean movement (d. 1676)   

1630  On this day in history birth of thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English statesman (d. 1673)   

1642  Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95) [or Feb 25, 1643] was born on this day in history.   

1659  On August - 01 birth of antoine Mouque, composer   

1685  On this day in history birth of pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer   

1686  Benedetto Marcello, Italian author/composer (Lettera Famigliare) was born on August - 01.   

1713  On this day in history birth of charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1780)   

1714  Richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter was born on August - 01.   

1738  On August - 01 birth of jacques François Dugommier, French general (d. 1794)   

1744  On August - 01 birth of jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine Monnet de Lamarck, French zoologist   

1753  On August - 01 birth of charles, 3rd earl Stanhope, England, radical politician/scientist   

1755  Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer was born on August - 01.   

1766  Ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner, pianist/composer was born on this day in history.   

1766  Jeffrey Wyatville, architect was born on this day in history.   

1770  William Clark, Charlottsville VA, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition was born on this day in history.   

1779  On this day in history birth of francis Scott Key, composer (Star-Spangled Banner)   

1779  On August - 01 birth of lorenz Oken, German naturalist (d. 1851)   

1786  On August - 01 birth of louis C Luzac, judge/Dutch Internal minister   

1814  On August - 01 birth of maxcy Gregg, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862   

1815  On August - 01 birth of richard Henry Dana, novelist/lawyer spent 2 years before mast   

1818  Maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer on Nantucket Island was born on August - 01.   

1819  Herman Melville, US, author (Moby Dick, Billy Budd) was born on this day in history.   

1824  On this day in history birth of edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer   

1837  On this day in history birth of mother Jones, American labor organizer (d. 1930)   

1840  Aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer was born on August - 01.   

1843  Robert Todd Lincoln, Capt (Union volunteers), died in 1926 was born on this day in history.   

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0371  On this day in history death of st Eusebius of Vercelli, Italian bishop (b. c. 283)   

0527  Justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies on August - 01.   

1137  Louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history death of edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341)   

1457  On August - 01 laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50   

1464  On this day in history death of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)