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

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

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 August - 01.   

1464  Death of Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386) on this day in history.   

1541  On August - 01 death of simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493)   

1546  Death of Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (b. 1506) on this day in history.   

1557  On August - 01 death of olaus Magnus, Swedish writer (b. 1490)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1667  On August - 01 paul Foot, lawyer/historian, dies at 48   

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  Death of Robert Pigot, British army officer (b. 1720) on this day in history.   

1798  Death of François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, French admiral (killed in battle) (b. 1753) on this day in history.   

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

1812  On this day in history death of yakov Kulnev, Russian general (killed in battle) (b. 1763)   

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

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 this day in history.   

1837  Walter Geikie, painter, dies on August - 01.   

1846  On August - 01 peter Ritter, composer, dies at 83   

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

1857  Charles Turner, engraver, dies on this day in history.   

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

1882  On August - 01 henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43   

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

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

1902  On August - 01 ludwig Beckmann, painter, dies   

1911  Konrad Duden, German linguist (Das, grosse Duden Lexicon), dies on this day in history.   

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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 August - 01.   

1377  On August - 01 birth of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433)   

1495  On this day in history birth of jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect   

1520  On this day in history birth of sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)   

1545  On this day in history birth of andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622)   

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 this day in history.