Famous Birthdays In August - 01

1313  On August - 01 birth of emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364)  

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

1377  On August - 01 birth of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433)  

1495  Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect was born on this day in history.  

1520  Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72) was born on August - 01.  

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

1555  On this day in history 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 August - 01 birth of thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English statesman (d. 1673)  

1642  On this day in history birth of ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95) [or Feb 25, 1643]  

1659  On this day in history birth of antoine Mouque, composer  

1685  On August - 01 birth of pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer  

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

1713  Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1780) was born on this day in history.  

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

1738  On this day in history birth of jacques François Dugommier, French general (d. 1794)  

1744  Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine Monnet de Lamarck, French zoologist was born on August - 01.  

1753  Charles, 3rd earl Stanhope, England, radical politician/scientist was born on this day in history.  

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

1766  Ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner, pianist/composer was born on August - 01.  

1766  On this day in history birth of jeffrey Wyatville, architect  

1770  On August - 01 birth of william Clark, Charlottsville VA, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition  

1779  Francis Scott Key, composer (Star-Spangled Banner) was born on this day in history.  

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

1786  Louis C Luzac, judge/Dutch Internal minister was born on this day in history.  

1814  On August - 01 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 August - 01.  

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  Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer was born on this day in history.  

1837  On August - 01 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 August - 01.  

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0371  On August - 01 death of st Eusebius of Vercelli, Italian bishop (b. c. 283)  

0527  On August - 01 justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies  

1137  On August - 01 louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37)  

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 August - 01.  

1457  On this day in history laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50  

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