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 this day in history.  

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

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  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  Death of Olaus Magnus, Swedish writer (b. 1490) on August - 01.  

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

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  Richard Savage, English poet/playwright, dies at about 46 on this day in history.  

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  Death of François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, French admiral (killed in battle) (b. 1753) on August - 01.  

1805  Friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer, dies at 51 on August - 01.  

1812  On this day in history 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  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  Death of William Joseph Behr, German writer (b. 1775) on August - 01.  

1857  On this day in history 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 August - 01.  

1883  On August - 01 karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies  

1884  On August - 01 heinrich Laube, writer, dies  

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

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  Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1520  Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72) was born on August - 01.  

1545  On August - 01 birth of andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622)  

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

1579  Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644) was born on August - 01.