Famous Deaths In August - 05

0882  Death of King Louis III of France (b. 863) on this day in history.  

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

1157  Dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies on this day in history.  

1364  Death of Emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313) on this day in history.  

1572  On August - 05 death of isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534)  

1579  On this day in history death of stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504)  

1610  On this day in history death of alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile  

1644  J Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61 on August - 05.  

1678  Death of Juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican musician and composer (b. 1619) on August - 05.  

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 this day in history.  

1792  On this day in history frederick 7th baron North, English premier (1770-82), dies at 60  

1799  On this day in history death of richard Howe, British admiral (b. 1726)  

1830  Karl Friedrich Horn, composer, dies at 68 on August - 05.  

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

1852  On August - 05 frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech slavist/poet, dies at 53  

1856  Rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1862  On this day in history thomas Williams, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47  

1863  Adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of gustavus, Crown Prince of Sweden (b. 1799)  

1880  On August - 05 death of ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician (b. 1816)  

1889  On August - 05 willem Ruys J Dz, ship owner, dies at 80  

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

1895  On August - 05 friedrich English, German textile manufacturer/marxist, dies  

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

1901  On August - 05 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  Wojciech Gawronski, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.  

1911  On this day in history death of bob Caruthers, American baseball player (b. 1864)  

1916  On August - 05 george Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer, dies at 31  

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

1925  Death of Jennie Lee (actor), American actress (b. 1848) on August - 05.  

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1301  Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330) was born on August - 05.  

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  On this day in history birth of joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating  

1604  On August - 05 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 this day in history.