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  On August - 01 floris III, Count of Holland, dies  

1227  Death of Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179) on August - 01.  

1402  Death of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341) on August - 01.  

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  On August - 01 death of peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (b. 1506)  

1557  Death of Olaus Magnus, Swedish writer (b. 1490) on this day in history.  

1580  On this day in history death of albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (b. 1524)  

1589  On August - 01 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  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 August - 01.  

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 August - 01.  

1798  Death of François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, French admiral (killed in battle) (b. 1753) on August - 01.  

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

1812  Death of Yakov Kulnev, Russian general (killed in battle) (b. 1763) on August - 01.  

1813  Carl Stenborg, composer, dies at 60 on August - 01.  

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 August - 01.  

1837  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43  

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

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

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  On this day in history birth of emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364)  

1322  Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian was born on this day in history.  

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

1495  Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect was born on August - 01.  

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

1545  Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622) was born on August - 01.  

1555  Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597) was born on this day in history.  

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