Famous Deaths In August - 03

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

1387  Olaf V Haakonsson, King of Denmark (1376-87)/Norway (1380-87), dies on this day in history.  

1460  Death of King James II of Scotland (b. 1430) on this day in history.  

1527  Death of Scaramuccia Trivulzio, Italian cardinal on this day in history.  

1530  Philibert Chalon, prince of Orange/viceroy of Naples, dies on this day in history.  

1546  Death of Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (b. 1484) on this day in history.  

1604  On August - 03 death of bernardino de Mendoza, Spanish military commander  

1621  On August - 03 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 this day in history.  

1716  Sebastian Duron, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

1720  On this day in history death of anthonie Heinsius, Dutch statesman (b. 1641)  

1721  Death of Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-born woodcarver (b. 1648) on this day in history.  

1761  Death of Johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (b. 1691) on August - 03.  

1773  On this day in history death of stanisław Konarski, Polish writer (b. 1700)  

1779  On August - 03 henry Kobell, Dutch painter/cartoonist, dies at 27  

1780  Etienne B de Condillac, French philosopher (sensualism), dies at 64 on August - 03.  

1784  Giovanni Battista Martini, composer, dies at 78 on August - 03.  

1792  On this day in history death of richard Arkwright, English industrialist and inventor (b. 1732)  

1797  Jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America, dies at 80 on August - 03.  

1800  Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1802  Henry DFL, prince of Prussia/general/diplomat, dies on this day in history.  

1805  Death of Christopher Anstey, English writer (b. 1724) on this day in history.  

1811  Sebastiaan C Nederburgh, Dutch dir-gen of East Indies Co, dies at 49 on August - 03.  

1823  On this day in history 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  On August - 03 stoffel Muller, Dutch sect leader, dies  

1835  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of philipp August Böckh, German scholar and antiquarian (b. 1785)  

1877  On August - 03 karl Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 75  

1879  On this day in history death of joseph Severn, English painter (b. 1793)  

1886  On this day in history per August Olander, composer, dies at 62  

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1509  Étienne Dolet, French scholar (d. 1546) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1748  Carl Ludwig Junker, composer was born on this day in history.  

1770  On this day in history birth of frederik Willem III, reactionary king of Prussia (1797-1840)  

1801  On August - 03 birth of joseph Paxton, English landscape architect (Crystal Palace)  

1808  On this day in history birth of hamilton Fish, American politician (d. 1893)  

1811  Elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator) was born on August - 03.