Famous Deaths In August - 01

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

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

1190  Floris III, Count of Holland, dies on this day in history.  

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

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 August - 01 laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50  

1464  Death of Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386) on August - 01.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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1580  Death of Albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (b. 1524) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1667  On this day in history paul Foot, lawyer/historian, dies at 48  

1714  On this day in history anne Stuart, queen of England (1702-14), dies at about 49  

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 August - 01.  

1796  On August - 01 death of robert Pigot, British army officer (b. 1720)  

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 this day in history carl Stenborg, composer, dies at 60  

1821  On this day in history elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson), actress/author (Lady Abbess), dies at 68  

1834  On this day in history robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies  

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

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

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 this day in history 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  Karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies on August - 01.  

1884  On this day in history heinrich Laube, writer, dies  

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

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 August - 01.  

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

1495  On August - 01 birth of jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect  

1520  Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72) was born on this day in history.  

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 August - 01.  

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