Famous Deaths Happened In August - 01
Monday, 18 August 2025
0527 On August - 01 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 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 August - 01.
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 On this day in history death of simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493)
1546 Death of Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (b. 1506) on this day in history.
1557 Death of Olaus Magnus, Swedish writer (b. 1490) on August - 01.
1580 Death of Albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (b. 1524) on this day in history.
1589 Death of Jacques Clément, French assassin of Henry III of France (b. 1567) on August - 01.
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 this day in history alfonsus M de' Liguori, Italian theologist/bishop/saint, dies at 90
1796 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1805 On this day in history friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer, dies at 51
1812 On this day in history death of yakov Kulnev, Russian general (killed in battle) (b. 1763)
1813 On this day in history carl Stenborg, composer, dies at 60
1821 Elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson), actress/author (Lady Abbess), dies at 68 on this day in history.
1834 On this day in history robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies
1837 Walter Geikie, painter, dies on August - 01.
1846 On August - 01 peter Ritter, composer, dies at 83
1851 On this day in history death of william Joseph Behr, German writer (b. 1775)
1857 On this day in history charles Turner, engraver, dies
1866 Death of John Ross (aka. Kooweskoowe), Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (b. 1790) on August - 01.
1882 On August - 01 henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43
1883 Karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies on this day in history.
1884 On this day in history heinrich Laube, writer, dies
1902 Ludwig Beckmann, painter, dies on August - 01.
1911 On this day in history konrad Duden, German linguist (Das, grosse Duden Lexicon), dies
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