Famous Deaths In 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  Floris III, Count of Holland, dies on this day in history.  

1227  Death of Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179) on August - 01.  

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

1457  On this day in history laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50  

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

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

1546  Death of Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (b. 1506) on August - 01.  

1557  On August - 01 death of olaus Magnus, Swedish writer (b. 1490)  

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

1589  Death of Jacques Clément, French assassin of Henry III of France (b. 1567) on this day in history.  

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 August - 01.  

1743  On this day in history richard Savage, English poet/playwright, dies at about 46  

1787  Alfonsus M de' Liguori, Italian theologist/bishop/saint, dies at 90 on August - 01.  

1796  On August - 01 death of robert Pigot, British army officer (b. 1720)  

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 this day in history.  

1812  Death of Yakov Kulnev, Russian general (killed in battle) (b. 1763) on August - 01.  

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

1821  On this day in history elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson), actress/author (Lady Abbess), dies at 68  

1834  On this day in history robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies  

1837  On August - 01 walter Geikie, painter, dies  

1846  On August - 01 peter Ritter, composer, dies at 83  

1851  Death of William Joseph Behr, German writer (b. 1775) on this day in history.  

1857  On August - 01 charles Turner, engraver, dies  

1866  Death of John Ross (aka. Kooweskoowe), Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (b. 1790) on this day in history.  

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

1883  Karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies on this day in history.  

1884  Heinrich Laube, writer, dies on August - 01.  

1902  On August - 01 ludwig Beckmann, painter, dies  

1911  Konrad Duden, German linguist (Das, grosse Duden Lexicon), dies on August - 01.  

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1313  Emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364) was born on this day in history.  

1322  On August - 01 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  Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect was born on this day in history.  

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

1545  Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.