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 this day in history birth of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433)  

1495  Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect was born on August - 01.  

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

1579  Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644) was born on August - 01.  

1626  Sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi, kabbalist, and founder of the Jewish Sabbatean movement (d. 1676) was born on August - 01.  

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

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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  Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer was born on August - 01.  

1686  On this day in history birth of benedetto Marcello, Italian author/composer (Lettera Famigliare)  

1713  Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1780) was born on August - 01.  

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 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 August - 01.  

1755  On this day in history birth of giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer  

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 this day in history.  

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  On August - 01 birth of maxcy Gregg, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862  

1815  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of herman Melville, US, author (Moby Dick, Billy Budd)  

1824  On August - 01 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 August - 01.  

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  Justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies on this day in history.  

1137  On this day in history louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37)  

1190  On August - 01 floris III, Count of Holland, dies  

1227  Death of Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179) on this day in history.  

1402  On this day in history death of edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341)  

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

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