Famous Deaths In August - 01

0527  On August - 01 justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies  

1137  Louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37) on this day in history.  

1190  On this day in history floris III, Count of Holland, dies  

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

1464  On this day in history death of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)  

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 August - 01.  

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1580  Death of Albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (b. 1524) on August - 01.  

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 this day in history.  

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  Alfonsus M de' Liguori, Italian theologist/bishop/saint, dies at 90 on this day in history.  

1796  On August - 01 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  Friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer, dies at 51 on August - 01.  

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

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

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

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  Death of William Joseph Behr, German writer (b. 1775) on August - 01.  

1857  Charles Turner, engraver, dies on August - 01.  

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  On this day in history 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  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  On August - 01 birth of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433)  

1495  Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect was born on this day in history.  

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

1545  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)