Famous Birthdays In August - 01

1313  On this day in history 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 August - 01.  

1520  Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72) was born on this day in history.  

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

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 August - 01.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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 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 August - 01.  

1753  On August - 01 birth of charles, 3rd earl Stanhope, England, radical politician/scientist  

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

1766  On this day in history birth of ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner, pianist/composer  

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

1770  On this day in history birth of william Clark, Charlottsville VA, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition  

1779  Francis Scott Key, composer (Star-Spangled Banner) was born on August - 01.  

1779  On August - 01 birth of lorenz Oken, German naturalist (d. 1851)  

1786  On August - 01 birth of louis C Luzac, judge/Dutch Internal minister  

1814  Maxcy Gregg, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862 was born on August - 01.  

1815  On August - 01 birth of richard Henry Dana, novelist/lawyer spent 2 years before mast  

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

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 this day in history birth of mother Jones, American labor organizer (d. 1930)  

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

1843  On August - 01 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 August - 01.  

0527  On this day in history justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies  

1137  Louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37) on this day in history.  

1190  Floris III, Count of Holland, dies on this day in history.  

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

1464  On this day in history death of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)