Famous Deaths In August - 01

0527  On this day in history justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies  

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

1190  Floris III, Count of Holland, dies on this day in history.  

1227  Death of Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179) on this day in history.  

1402  On August - 01 death of edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341)  

1457  Laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50 on this day in history.  

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 August - 01.  

1546  Death of Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (b. 1506) on this day in history.  

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

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

1714  Anne Stuart, queen of England (1702-14), dies at about 49 on this day in history.  

1743  On August - 01 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  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 August - 01.  

1805  On this day in history friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer, dies at 51  

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  Elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson), actress/author (Lady Abbess), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1834  Robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies on this day in history.  

1837  Walter Geikie, painter, dies on August - 01.  

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

1851  Death of William Joseph Behr, German writer (b. 1775) on August - 01.  

1857  Charles Turner, engraver, dies on this day in history.  

1866  On this day in history death of john Ross (aka. Kooweskoowe), Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (b. 1790)  

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

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

1884  On August - 01 heinrich Laube, writer, dies  

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

1911  On this day in history konrad Duden, German linguist (Das, grosse Duden Lexicon), dies  

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1313  Emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364) was born on August - 01.  

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 August - 01.  

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

1545  On this day in history birth of andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622)  

1555  Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597) was born on this day in history.  

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