Famous Deaths In August - 03

0808  On this day in history 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 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  On this day in history death of antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (b. 1484)  

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 this day in history death of francesco Borromini, Swiss sculptor and architect (b. 1599)  

1712  Death of Joshua Barnes, English scholar (b. 1654) on this day in history.  

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

1720  On August - 03 death of anthonie Heinsius, Dutch statesman (b. 1641)  

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

1761  Death of Johann Matthias Gesner, German classical scholar (b. 1691) on this day in history.  

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

1779  On this day in history henry Kobell, Dutch painter/cartoonist, dies at 27  

1780  Etienne B de Condillac, French philosopher (sensualism), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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

1792  Death of Richard Arkwright, English industrialist and inventor (b. 1732) on August - 03.  

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

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

1802  Henry DFL, prince of Prussia/general/diplomat, dies on August - 03.  

1805  On August - 03 death of christopher Anstey, English writer (b. 1724)  

1811  On August - 03 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  On August - 03 ambrogio Minoja, composer, dies at 72  

1833  On August - 03 stoffel Muller, Dutch sect leader, dies  

1835  Wenzel Muller, composer, dies at 67 on August - 03.  

1839  On August - 03 death of dorothea von Schlegel, German novelist (b. 1763)  

1857  On this day in history death of eugène Sue, French novelist (b. 1804)  

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

1877  Karl Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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  On August - 03 birth of Étienne Dolet, French scholar (d. 1546)  

1645  August Kuhnel, composer was born on August - 03.  

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  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  On this day in history birth of elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator)