Famous Deaths In August - 01

0527  Justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies on this day in history.  

1137  Louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37) on August - 01.  

1190  On August - 01 floris III, Count of Holland, dies  

1227  On this day in history death of shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179)  

1402  On this day in history 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  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  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  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 this day in history.  

1787  On this day in history 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  On August - 01 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 this day in history.  

1813  Carl Stenborg, composer, dies at 60 on August - 01.  

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  On August - 01 charles Turner, engraver, dies  

1866  On August - 01 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  On this day in history karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies  

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

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

1911  Konrad Duden, German linguist (Das, grosse Duden Lexicon), dies on August - 01.  

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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  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 this day in history birth of sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)  

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.