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 this day in history.  

1227  On August - 01 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1541  Death of Simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493) on this day in history.  

1546  On this day in history 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 August - 01 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 this day in history.  

1667  On August - 01 paul Foot, lawyer/historian, dies at 48  

1714  On August - 01 anne Stuart, queen of England (1702-14), dies at about 49  

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 August - 01.  

1798  Death of François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, French admiral (killed in battle) (b. 1753) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history carl Stenborg, composer, dies at 60  

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

1834  On August - 01 robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies  

1837  On August - 01 walter Geikie, painter, dies  

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

1851  On this day in history death of william Joseph Behr, German writer (b. 1775)  

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

1866  Death of John Ross (aka. Kooweskoowe), Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (b. 1790) on August - 01.  

1882  Henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43 on this day in history.  

1883  On this day in history 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 August - 01.  

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1313  On August - 01 birth of emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364)  

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

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

1545  Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622) was born on August - 01.  

1555  On August - 01 birth of edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)  

1579  On this day in history birth of luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)