Famous Deaths In August - 03

0808  On August - 03 p'ang Yun, [Layman P'ang], Exemplary Zen practitioner, dies in China  

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

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

1527  Death of Scaramuccia Trivulzio, Italian cardinal on August - 03.  

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

1546  On August - 03 death of antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (b. 1484)  

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  Death of Francesco Borromini, Swiss sculptor and architect (b. 1599) on August - 03.  

1712  On August - 03 death of joshua Barnes, English scholar (b. 1654)  

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1716  On August - 03 sebastian Duron, composer, dies at 56  

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

1721  On this day in history death of grinling Gibbons, Dutch-born woodcarver (b. 1648)  

1761  On this day in history death of johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (b. 1691)  

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

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

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

1784  Giovanni Battista Martini, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1802  On this day in history henry DFL, prince of Prussia/general/diplomat, dies  

1805  On this day in history death of christopher Anstey, English writer (b. 1724)  

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

1823  Jacob A Uitenhage de Mist, Dutch politician/colonial dir, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

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

1833  Stoffel Muller, Dutch sect leader, dies on this day in history.  

1835  Wenzel Muller, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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

1857  On August - 03 death of eugène Sue, French novelist (b. 1804)  

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  On August - 03 death of joseph Severn, English painter (b. 1793)  

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  On August - 03 birth of august Kuhnel, composer  

1692  On August - 03 birth of john Henley, English clergyman (d. 1759)  

1748  On this day in history birth of carl Ludwig Junker, composer  

1770  Frederik Willem III, reactionary king of Prussia (1797-1840) was born on August - 03.  

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  On August - 03 birth of elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator)