Famous Deaths Happened In August - 01
Tuesday, 21 October 2025
0527 On this day in history justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies
1137 On this day in history louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37)
1190 Floris III, Count of Holland, dies on this day in history.
1227 On August - 01 death of shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179)
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 Death of Simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493) on this day in history.
1546 On August - 01 death of peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (b. 1506)
1557 On August - 01 death of olaus Magnus, Swedish writer (b. 1490)
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 this day in history.
1628 Francesco Gonzaga, composer, dies at 37 on August - 01.
1667 Paul Foot, lawyer/historian, dies at 48 on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1796 Death of Robert Pigot, British army officer (b. 1720) on this day in history.
1798 On August - 01 death of françois-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, French admiral (killed in battle) (b. 1753)
1805 Friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer, dies at 51 on August - 01.
1812 Death of Yakov Kulnev, Russian general (killed in battle) (b. 1763) on August - 01.
1813 On August - 01 carl Stenborg, composer, dies at 60
1821 On August - 01 elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson), actress/author (Lady Abbess), dies at 68
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 August - 01.
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 this day in history 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 Konrad Duden, German linguist (Das, grosse Duden Lexicon), dies on August - 01.
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