Famous Deaths In August - 03

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

1387  Olaf V Haakonsson, King of Denmark (1376-87)/Norway (1380-87), dies on August - 03.  

1460  On this day in history death of king James II of Scotland (b. 1430)  

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

1530  On August - 03 philibert Chalon, prince of Orange/viceroy of Naples, dies  

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

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

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

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

1721  Death of Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-born woodcarver (b. 1648) on August - 03.  

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

1773  On August - 03 death of stanisław Konarski, Polish writer (b. 1700)  

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 August - 03.  

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

1800  On August - 03 carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer, dies at 63  

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  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 August - 03.  

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 this day in history.  

1839  On this day in history death of dorothea von Schlegel, German novelist (b. 1763)  

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

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

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 August - 03.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1801  On this day in history birth of joseph Paxton, English landscape architect (Crystal Palace)  

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

1811  On this day in history birth of elisha Graves Otis, inventor (safe elevator)