Famous Deaths Happened In August - 01
Monday, 22 December 2025
0527 On this day in history justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies 

1137 On August - 01 louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37) 

1190 On August - 01 floris III, Count of Holland, dies 

1227 On August - 01 death of shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179) 

1402 On this day in history death of edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341) 

1457 On this day in history laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50 

1464 Death of Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386) on this day in history. 

1541 On August - 01 death of simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493) 

1546 On this day in history death of peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (b. 1506) 

1557 Death of Olaus Magnus, Swedish writer (b. 1490) on August - 01. 

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

1667 Paul Foot, lawyer/historian, dies at 48 on August - 01. 

1714 Anne Stuart, queen of England (1702-14), dies at about 49 on August - 01. 

1743 Richard Savage, English poet/playwright, dies at about 46 on this day in history. 

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

1813 On this day in history carl Stenborg, composer, dies at 60 

1821 Elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson), actress/author (Lady Abbess), dies at 68 on this day in history. 

1834 Robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies on this day in history. 

1837 On August - 01 walter Geikie, painter, dies 

1846 On this day in history peter Ritter, composer, dies at 83 

1851 Death of William Joseph Behr, German writer (b. 1775) on this day in history. 

1857 Charles Turner, engraver, dies on this day in history. 

1866 Death of John Ross (aka. Kooweskoowe), Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (b. 1790) on this day in history. 

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 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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