Famous Deaths Happened In August - 01
Thursday, 05 February 2026
0527 On this day in history justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies 

1137 On this day in history louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37) 

1190 On August - 01 floris III, Count of Holland, dies 

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 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 this day in history. 

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

1546 On this day in history death of peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (b. 1506) 

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

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

1589 On this day in history death of jacques Clément, French assassin of Henry III of France (b. 1567) 

1628 On August - 01 francesco Gonzaga, composer, dies at 37 

1667 On this day in history paul Foot, lawyer/historian, dies at 48 

1714 Anne Stuart, queen of England (1702-14), dies at about 49 on August - 01. 

1743 Richard Savage, English poet/playwright, dies at about 46 on this day in history. 

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

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

1798 Death of François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, French admiral (killed in battle) (b. 1753) on August - 01. 

1805 Friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history. 

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

1813 Carl Stenborg, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history. 

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 Walter Geikie, painter, dies on this day in history. 

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

1851 On August - 01 death of william Joseph Behr, German writer (b. 1775) 

1857 On this day in history charles Turner, engraver, dies 

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

1882 On August - 01 henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43 

1883 Karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies on August - 01. 

1884 Heinrich Laube, writer, dies on this day in history. 

1902 On this day in history ludwig Beckmann, painter, dies 

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

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