Famous Deaths In August - 07

0461  On this day in history death of majorian, Roman Emperor (assassinated) (b. 420)   

0479  Death of Emperor YÅ«ryaku of Japan on August - 07.   

1033  Death of Frederick II, duke of Upper Lorraine on August - 07.   

1106  Henry IV, Roman German king/emperor (1056/84-1105), dies at 54 on August - 07.   

1485  Death of Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince on August - 07.   

1547  On this day in history cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies   

1609  On August - 07 eustache du Caurroy, composer, dies at 60   

1613  On August - 07 death of thomas Fleming, English judge (b. 1544)   

1616  Vincenzo Scamozzi, Ital architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice), dies on August - 07.   

1635  Death of Friedrich von Spee, German writer (b. 1591) on August - 07.   

1639  Death of Martin van den Hove, Dutch scientist (b. 1605) on August - 07.   

1657  On this day in history robert Blake, English admiral (Dover, Dungeness), dies at about 57   

1661  On this day in history death of jin Shengtan, Chinese editor, writer and critic (b. 1608)   

1712  Friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1786  On this day in history friedrich Schwindl, composer, dies at 49   

1798  Johann Gottlieb Sollner, composer, dies at 65 on August - 07.   

1799  John Bacon, English sculptor, dies at 58 on August - 07.   

1816  On this day in history dionysius G van der Keessel, Dut lawyer (Theses selectae), dies at 77   

1817  On August - 07 death of pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French industrialist (b. 1739)   

1834  On August - 07 death of joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor (b. 1752)   

1846  Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer, dies at 76 on August - 07.   

1848  On this day in history death of jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (b. 1779)   

1855  Death of Mariano Arista, President of Mexico (b. 1802) on this day in history.   

1864  Death of Li Xiucheng, late Taiping‘s Field Marshal and soul person.(b. 1823) on August - 07.   

1867  Ira F Aldridge, US actor (Othello/Shylock), dies in Lodes Poland at 63 on August - 07.   

1885  Antony EJ Modderman, Dutch minister of Justice (1879-83), dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1893  On August - 07 alfredo Catalani, composer, dies at 39   

1912  On August - 07 death of françois-Alphonse Forel, Swiss hydrologist (b. 1841)   

1913  On this day in history david Popper, composer, dies at 70   

1914  On August - 07 b B (Bransby) Cooper, cricketer (Test for Australia), dies   

1916  On August - 07 charles E Manning, Australian judge/major, dies in battle at 36   

1917  Death of Squadron Commander E.H. Dunning, first pilot to land his aircraft on a moving ship. (b. 1891) on August - 07.   

1921  Alexander A Block, Russian poet (Dvenatsat), dies at 40 on this day in history.   

1923  On this day in history hendrik Pierson, Dutch theologist (H Pierson Foundation), dies at 89   

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1282  Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (d. 1316) was born on August - 07.   

1533  Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (d. 1595) was born on this day in history.   

1560  On August - 07 birth of elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer (d. 1614)   

1574  Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.   

1598  On August - 07 birth of georg Stiernhielm, "father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules)   

1726  James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.   

1742  Nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General was born on August - 07.   

1746  Daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian was born on August - 07.