Famous Deaths In August - 01

0527  Justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies on August - 01.  

1137  Louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37) on this day in history.  

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

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  Laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50 on this day in history.  

1464  On August - 01 death of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)  

1541  On this day in history death of simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493)  

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

1557  On this day in history death of olaus Magnus, Swedish writer (b. 1490)  

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1580  On August - 01 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 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  Death of Robert Pigot, British army officer (b. 1720) on August - 01.  

1798  On August - 01 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  Carl Stenborg, composer, dies at 60 on August - 01.  

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

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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1313  On this day in history birth of emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364)  

1322  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1579  Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.