Famous Birthdays In August - 01

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

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

1377  Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433) was born on this day in history.  

1495  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622)  

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  On August - 01 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)  

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

1714  Richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter was born on August - 01.  

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

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 August - 01 birth of giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer  

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

1766  Jeffrey Wyatville, architect was born on this day in history.  

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  Lorenz Oken, German naturalist (d. 1851) was born on this day in history.  

1786  On this day in history 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  Richard Henry Dana, novelist/lawyer spent 2 years before mast was born on this day in history.  

1818  Maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer on Nantucket Island was born on this day in history.  

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  On August - 01 birth of mother Jones, American labor organizer (d. 1930)  

1840  Aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer was born on August - 01.  

1843  On this day in history birth of robert Todd Lincoln, Capt (Union volunteers), died in 1926  

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0371  On this day in history death of st Eusebius of Vercelli, Italian bishop (b. c. 283)  

0527  Justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies on August - 01.  

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

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

1457  Laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50 on this day in history.  

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