Famous Deaths In August - 01

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

1137  On August - 01 louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37)  

1190  Floris III, Count of Holland, dies on August - 01.  

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 August - 01.  

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.  

1541  Death of Simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493) on August - 01.  

1546  On August - 01 death of peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (b. 1506)  

1557  Death of Olaus Magnus, Swedish writer (b. 1490) on this day in history.  

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1580  On this day in history death of albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (b. 1524)  

1589  On August - 01 death of jacques Clément, French assassin of Henry III of France (b. 1567)  

1628  Francesco Gonzaga, composer, dies at 37 on August - 01.  

1667  Paul Foot, lawyer/historian, dies at 48 on August - 01.  

1714  Anne Stuart, queen of England (1702-14), dies at about 49 on this day in history.  

1743  Richard Savage, English poet/playwright, dies at about 46 on August - 01.  

1787  On August - 01 alfonsus M de' Liguori, Italian theologist/bishop/saint, dies at 90  

1796  Death of Robert Pigot, British army officer (b. 1720) on this day in history.  

1798  On this day in history death of françois-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, French admiral (killed in battle) (b. 1753)  

1805  Friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer, dies at 51 on August - 01.  

1812  On this day in history death of yakov Kulnev, Russian general (killed in battle) (b. 1763)  

1813  On August - 01 carl Stenborg, composer, dies at 60  

1821  On August - 01 elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson), actress/author (Lady Abbess), dies at 68  

1834  Robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies on August - 01.  

1837  Walter Geikie, painter, dies on August - 01.  

1846  Peter Ritter, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1851  Death of William Joseph Behr, German writer (b. 1775) on August - 01.  

1857  Charles Turner, engraver, dies on August - 01.  

1866  On August - 01 death of john Ross (aka. Kooweskoowe), Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (b. 1790)  

1882  On this day in history henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43  

1883  On August - 01 karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies  

1884  On this day in history heinrich Laube, writer, dies  

1902  Ludwig Beckmann, painter, dies on this day in history.  

1911  Konrad Duden, German linguist (Das, grosse Duden Lexicon), dies on this day in history.  

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

1322  Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian was born on this day in history.  

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

1495  On August - 01 birth of jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect  

1520  Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72) was born on August - 01.  

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