Famous Birthdays In August - 01

1313  On August - 01 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  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433)  

1495  On this day in history birth of jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect  

1520  On August - 01 birth of sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)  

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

1555  Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597) was born on August - 01.  

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

1626  On this day in history 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 August - 01.  

1659  Antoine Mouque, composer was born on August - 01.  

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

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 August - 01 birth of jacques François Dugommier, French general (d. 1794)  

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 August - 01 birth of giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer  

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

1766  On August - 01 birth of jeffrey Wyatville, architect  

1770  William Clark, Charlottsville VA, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition was born on this day in history.  

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  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  Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer was born on August - 01.  

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

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0371  Death of St Eusebius of Vercelli, Italian bishop (b. c. 283) on this day in history.  

0527  On this day in history 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  Death of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341) on August - 01.  

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

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