Famous Deaths In August - 01

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

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 this day in history 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  Death of Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386) on August - 01.  

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

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

1557  Death of Olaus Magnus, Swedish writer (b. 1490) on August - 01.  

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1580  On this day in history 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 August - 01.  

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

1667  Paul Foot, lawyer/historian, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

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  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 August - 01.  

1812  On August - 01 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  Robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies on August - 01.  

1837  Walter Geikie, painter, dies on this day in history.  

1846  On this day in history peter Ritter, composer, dies at 83  

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

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  Karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies on this day in history.  

1884  Heinrich Laube, writer, dies on August - 01.  

1902  Ludwig Beckmann, painter, dies on this day in history.  

1911  On August - 01 konrad Duden, German linguist (Das, grosse Duden Lexicon), dies  

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1313  On August - 01 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  On this day in history birth of jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect  

1520  Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72) was born on August - 01.  

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

1555  Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597) was born on August - 01.  

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