Famous Birthdays In August - 01

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

1322  On this day in history birth of peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian   

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  Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72) was born on this day in history.   

1545  On August - 01 birth of andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622)   

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

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 August - 01.   

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 August - 01 birth of charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1780)   

1714  Richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter was born on this day in history.   

1738  Jacques François Dugommier, French general (d. 1794) was born on August - 01.   

1744  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine Monnet de Lamarck, French zoologist   

1753  Charles, 3rd earl Stanhope, England, radical politician/scientist was born on August - 01.   

1755  Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1766  Jeffrey Wyatville, architect was born on August - 01.   

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

1779  Francis Scott Key, composer (Star-Spangled Banner) was born on August - 01.   

1779  Lorenz Oken, German naturalist (d. 1851) was born on August - 01.   

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

1814  Maxcy Gregg, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 was born on this day in history.   

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

1818  On this day in history birth of maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer on Nantucket Island   

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

1824  On August - 01 birth of edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer   

1837  Mother Jones, American labor organizer (d. 1930) was born on this day in history.   

1840  On this day in history birth of aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer   

1843  Robert Todd Lincoln, Capt (Union volunteers), died in 1926 was born on August - 01.   

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0371  Death of St Eusebius of Vercelli, Italian bishop (b. c. 283) on August - 01.   

0527  On August - 01 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50   

1464  On August - 01 death of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)