Famous Deaths In August - 01

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

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  On this day in history laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50  

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  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 August - 01.  

1589  On this day in history death of jacques Clément, French assassin of Henry III of France (b. 1567)  

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  On this day in history richard Savage, English poet/playwright, dies at about 46  

1787  On August - 01 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  Friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

1812  Death of Yakov Kulnev, Russian general (killed in battle) (b. 1763) on this day in history.  

1813  On August - 01 carl Stenborg, composer, dies at 60  

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  On August - 01 walter Geikie, painter, dies  

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  Death of John Ross (aka. Kooweskoowe), Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (b. 1790) on this day in history.  

1882  Henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43 on August - 01.  

1883  Karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies on this day in history.  

1884  Heinrich Laube, writer, dies on this day in history.  

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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1313  Emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364) was born on this day in history.  

1322  On this day in history birth of peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian  

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

1495  Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect was born on this day in history.  

1520  On August - 01 birth of sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)  

1545  Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622) was born on this day in history.  

1555  On this day in history birth of edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)  

1579  On August - 01 birth of luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)