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  Laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50 on August - 01.  

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

1541  On this day in history death of simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493)  

1546  Death of Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (b. 1506) on this day in history.  

1557  On August - 01 death of olaus Magnus, Swedish writer (b. 1490)  

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

1589  On this day in history death of jacques Clément, French assassin of Henry III of France (b. 1567)  

1628  On August - 01 francesco Gonzaga, composer, dies at 37  

1667  On August - 01 paul Foot, lawyer/historian, dies at 48  

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 August - 01.  

1796  Death of Robert Pigot, British army officer (b. 1720) on this day in history.  

1798  On this day in history 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 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 August - 01 walter Geikie, painter, dies  

1846  On August - 01 peter Ritter, composer, dies at 83  

1851  On August - 01 death of william Joseph Behr, German writer (b. 1775)  

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

1883  On this day in history 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  On August - 01 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 August - 01.  

1520  On August - 01 birth of sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)  

1545  On this day in history 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  On August - 01 birth of luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)