Famous Deaths In August - 05

0882  On August - 05 death of king Louis III of France (b. 863)  

1063  On this day in history death of gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd  

1157  Dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies on August - 05.  

1364  On this day in history death of emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313)  

1572  Death of Isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534) on August - 05.  

1579  Death of Stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504) on August - 05.  

1610  On August - 05 death of alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile  

1644  On August - 05 j Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61  

1678  On August - 05 death of juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican musician and composer (b. 1619)  

1743  On this day in history death of john Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English statesman and writer (b. 1696)  

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1778  Thomas Linley, composer, dies at 22 on August - 05.  

1792  On August - 05 frederick 7th baron North, English premier (1770-82), dies at 60  

1799  Death of Richard Howe, British admiral (b. 1726) on August - 05.  

1830  On August - 05 karl Friedrich Horn, composer, dies at 68  

1834  Gijsbert K van Hogendorp, Dutch min of Foreign affairs, dies at 71 on August - 05.  

1852  On this day in history frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech slavist/poet, dies at 53  

1856  On August - 05 rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer, dies at 61  

1862  On August - 05 thomas Williams, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47  

1863  On this day in history adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer, dies at 53  

1864  Griffin A Stedman, Union-brig-gen (Fort Stedman), dies in battle at 26 on this day in history.  

1868  Death of Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist (b. 1788) on August - 05.  

1877  Death of Gustavus, Crown Prince of Sweden (b. 1799) on August - 05.  

1880  Death of Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician (b. 1816) on August - 05.  

1889  Willem Ruys J Dz, ship owner, dies at 80 on August - 05.  

1891  Henry Charles Litolff, French pianist/componist, dies at 73 on August - 05.  

1895  Friedrich English, German textile manufacturer/marxist, dies on August - 05.  

1900  On this day in history james Augustine Healy, black Roman Catholic bishop, dies at 80  

1901  On this day in history victoria, Emperor of Germany/Queen of Prussia, dies at 60  

1907  Gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1910  On August - 05 wojciech Gawronski, composer, dies at 42  

1911  On August - 05 death of bob Caruthers, American baseball player (b. 1864)  

1916  George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer, dies at 31 on August - 05.  

1923  Death of Vatroslav Jagić, Croatian slavist (b. 1835) on this day in history.  

1925  On this day in history death of jennie Lee (actor), American actress (b. 1848)  

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1301  On this day in history birth of edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330)  

1397  On this day in history birth of guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)  

1461  Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506) was born on this day in history.  

1540  Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating was born on August - 05.  

1604  On this day in history birth of john Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized  

1607  On August - 05 birth of philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer  

1623  On this day in history birth of antonio Cesti, composer  

1624  William, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America was born on August - 05.