Famous Deaths In August - 03

0808  P'ang Yun, [Layman P'ang], Exemplary Zen practitioner, dies in China on this day in history.  

1387  On August - 03 olaf V Haakonsson, King of Denmark (1376-87)/Norway (1380-87), dies  

1460  Death of King James II of Scotland (b. 1430) on August - 03.  

1527  On August - 03 death of scaramuccia Trivulzio, Italian cardinal  

1530  Philibert Chalon, prince of Orange/viceroy of Naples, dies on August - 03.  

1546  Death of Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (b. 1484) on August - 03.  

1604  Death of Bernardino de Mendoza, Spanish military commander on this day in history.  

1621  On this day in history death of guillaume du Vair, French writer (b. 1556)  

1667  On August - 03 death of francesco Borromini, Swiss sculptor and architect (b. 1599)  

1712  Death of Joshua Barnes, English scholar (b. 1654) on August - 03.  

1716  On this day in history sebastian Duron, composer, dies at 56  

1720  Death of Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch statesman (b. 1641) on this day in history.  

1721  On August - 03 death of grinling Gibbons, Dutch-born woodcarver (b. 1648)  

1761  On August - 03 death of johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (b. 1691)  

1773  Death of Stanisław Konarski, Polish writer (b. 1700) on this day in history.  

1779  Henry Kobell, Dutch painter/cartoonist, dies at 27 on this day in history.  

1780  On August - 03 etienne B de Condillac, French philosopher (sensualism), dies at 64  

1784  On this day in history giovanni Battista Martini, composer, dies at 78  

1792  On August - 03 death of richard Arkwright, English industrialist and inventor (b. 1732)  

1797  On this day in history jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America, dies at 80  

1800  Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer, dies at 63 on August - 03.  

1802  On August - 03 henry DFL, prince of Prussia/general/diplomat, dies  

1805  Death of Christopher Anstey, English writer (b. 1724) on August - 03.  

1811  On this day in history sebastiaan C Nederburgh, Dutch dir-gen of East Indies Co, dies at 49  

1823  On August - 03 jacob A Uitenhage de Mist, Dutch politician/colonial dir, dies at 74  

1825  Ambrogio Minoja, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1833  Stoffel Muller, Dutch sect leader, dies on August - 03.  

1835  On August - 03 wenzel Muller, composer, dies at 67  

1839  Death of Dorothea von Schlegel, German novelist (b. 1763) on August - 03.  

1857  Death of Eugène Sue, French novelist (b. 1804) on this day in history.  

1867  Death of Philipp August Böckh, German scholar and antiquarian (b. 1785) on August - 03.  

1877  On this day in history karl Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 75  

1879  Death of Joseph Severn, English painter (b. 1793) on August - 03.  

1886  On August - 03 per August Olander, composer, dies at 62  

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1509  On this day in history birth of Étienne Dolet, French scholar (d. 1546)  

1645  August Kuhnel, composer was born on this day in history.  

1692  John Henley, English clergyman (d. 1759) was born on August - 03.  

1748  On August - 03 birth of carl Ludwig Junker, composer  

1770  On August - 03 birth of frederik Willem III, reactionary king of Prussia (1797-1840)  

1801  Joseph Paxton, English landscape architect (Crystal Palace) was born on August - 03.  

1808  Hamilton Fish, American politician (d. 1893) was born on August - 03.  

1811  Elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator) was born on this day in history.