Famous Deaths Happened In August - 01

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

1137  On August - 01 louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37)   

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

1227  Death of Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179) on August - 01.   

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 August - 01 death of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)   

1541  Death of Simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493) on August - 01.   

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  Death of Albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (b. 1524) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1796  On this day in history 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  On this day in history friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer, dies at 51   

1812  On August - 01 death of yakov Kulnev, Russian general (killed in battle) (b. 1763)   

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 August - 01.   

1837  On this day in history walter Geikie, painter, dies   

1846  Peter Ritter, composer, dies at 83 on August - 01.   

1851  On August - 01 death of william Joseph Behr, German writer (b. 1775)   

1857  On August - 01 charles Turner, engraver, dies   

1866  Death of John Ross (aka. Kooweskoowe), Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (b. 1790) on this day in history.   

1882  On this day in history henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43   

1883  On this day in history karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies   

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

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

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 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 this day in history.   

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

1545  On August - 01 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  Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.