Famous Birthdays In August - 01

1313  On this day in history birth of emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364)  

1322  Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian was born on this day in history.  

1377  Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433) was born on August - 01.  

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

1520  On this day in history birth of sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)  

1545  Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622) was born on this day in history.  

1555  Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597) was born on this day in history.  

1579  On this day in history birth of luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)  

1626  Sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi, kabbalist, and founder of the Jewish Sabbatean movement (d. 1676) was born on this day in history.  

1630  Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English statesman (d. 1673) was born on August - 01.  

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

1659  Antoine Mouque, composer was born on August - 01.  

1685  Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1713  On August - 01 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  Charles, 3rd earl Stanhope, England, radical politician/scientist was born on this day in history.  

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

1766  On August - 01 birth of ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner, pianist/composer  

1766  On August - 01 birth of jeffrey Wyatville, architect  

1770  William Clark, Charlottsville VA, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition was born on August - 01.  

1779  On August - 01 birth of francis Scott Key, composer (Star-Spangled Banner)  

1779  On this day in history birth of lorenz Oken, German naturalist (d. 1851)  

1786  On this day in history birth of louis C Luzac, judge/Dutch Internal minister  

1814  On this day in history birth of maxcy Gregg, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862  

1815  Richard Henry Dana, novelist/lawyer spent 2 years before mast was born on this day in history.  

1818  On August - 01 birth of maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer on Nantucket Island  

1819  On August - 01 birth of herman Melville, US, author (Moby Dick, Billy Budd)  

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 this day in history.  

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

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0371  Death of St Eusebius of Vercelli, Italian bishop (b. c. 283) on this day in history.  

0527  On this day in history justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies  

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

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

1464  Death of Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386) on August - 01.