Famous Birthdays In August - 01

1313  Emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364) was born on August - 01.  

1322  Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian was born on August - 01.  

1377  On this day in history 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 August - 01 birth of edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)  

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

1626  On August - 01 birth of sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi, kabbalist, and founder of the Jewish Sabbatean movement (d. 1676)  

1630  On this day in history birth of thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English statesman (d. 1673)  

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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  On this day in history birth of antoine Mouque, composer  

1685  Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer was born on August - 01.  

1686  On August - 01 birth of benedetto Marcello, Italian author/composer (Lettera Famigliare)  

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

1714  On August - 01 birth of richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter  

1738  Jacques François Dugommier, French general (d. 1794) was born on this day in history.  

1744  Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine Monnet de Lamarck, French zoologist was born on this day in history.  

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 August - 01.  

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

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

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  Louis C Luzac, judge/Dutch Internal minister was born on August - 01.  

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

1824  On this day in history birth of edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer  

1837  Mother Jones, American labor organizer (d. 1930) was born on August - 01.  

1840  On August - 01 birth of aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer  

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 August - 01.  

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

1137  Louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37) on August - 01.  

1190  On this day in history floris III, Count of Holland, dies  

1227  On this day in history death of shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179)  

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

1457  Laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50 on August - 01.  

1464  Death of Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386) on this day in history.