Famous Deaths In August - 01

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

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

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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 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 August - 01.  

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

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 this day in history death of françois-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, French admiral (killed in battle) (b. 1753)  

1805  On August - 01 friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer, dies at 51  

1812  Death of Yakov Kulnev, Russian general (killed in battle) (b. 1763) on August - 01.  

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

1821  On August - 01 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  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  On August - 01 charles Turner, engraver, dies  

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

1882  On this day in history 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 August - 01.  

1902  Ludwig Beckmann, painter, dies on August - 01.  

1911  On August - 01 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  Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian was born on this day in history.  

1377  Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433) was born on August - 01.  

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 this day in history.  

1555  On August - 01 birth of edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)  

1579  Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644) was born on August - 01.