Famous Deaths In August - 03

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

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

1460  On August - 03 death of king James II of Scotland (b. 1430)  

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

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 August - 03.  

1621  On August - 03 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  On this day in history death of joshua Barnes, English scholar (b. 1654)  

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1716  Sebastian Duron, composer, dies at 56 on August - 03.  

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 August - 03.  

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

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

1792  Death of Richard Arkwright, English industrialist and inventor (b. 1732) on this day in history.  

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

1800  On this day in history carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer, dies at 63  

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

1805  On August - 03 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  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 August - 03.  

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

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

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

1857  Death of Eugène Sue, French novelist (b. 1804) on August - 03.  

1867  Death of Philipp August Böckh, German scholar and antiquarian (b. 1785) on this day in history.  

1877  Karl Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 75 on August - 03.  

1879  Death of Joseph Severn, English painter (b. 1793) on this day in history.  

1886  On August - 03 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 August - 03.  

1692  On this day in history birth of john Henley, English clergyman (d. 1759)  

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

1770  Frederik Willem III, reactionary king of Prussia (1797-1840) was born on this day in history.  

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

1808  Hamilton Fish, American politician (d. 1893) was born on this day in history.  

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