Famous Deaths In August - 05

0882  On this day in history death of king Louis III of France (b. 863)   

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

1157  On August - 05 dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies   

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

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

1579  Death of Stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504) on August - 05.   

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

1743  On August - 05 death of john Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English statesman and writer (b. 1696)   

1778  Thomas Linley, composer, dies at 22 on August - 05.   

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

1799  Death of Richard Howe, British admiral (b. 1726) on this day in history.   

1830  Karl Friedrich Horn, composer, dies at 68 on August - 05.   

1834  On August - 05 gijsbert K van Hogendorp, Dutch min of Foreign affairs, dies at 71   

1852  On this day in history frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech slavist/poet, dies at 53   

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

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

1863  On this day in history adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer, dies at 53   

1864  Griffin A Stedman, Union-brig-gen (Fort Stedman), dies in battle at 26 on August - 05.   

1868  On this day in history death of jacques Boucher de CrèvecÅ“ur de Perthes, French archaeologist (b. 1788)   

1877  Death of Gustavus, Crown Prince of Sweden (b. 1799) on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1895  Friedrich English, German textile manufacturer/marxist, dies on August - 05.   

1900  On August - 05 james Augustine Healy, black Roman Catholic bishop, dies at 80   

1901  Victoria, Emperor of Germany/Queen of Prussia, dies at 60 on August - 05.   

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

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

1925  Death of Jennie Lee (actor), American actress (b. 1848) on this day in history.   

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1301  Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330) was born on August - 05.   

1397  Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Antonio Cesti, composer was born on this day in history.   

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