Famous Deaths Happened In August - 05

0882  On this day in history death of king Louis III of France (b. 863)   

1063  On August - 05 death of gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd   

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

1364  On August - 05 death of emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313)   

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

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

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  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)   

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

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

1799  Death of Richard Howe, British admiral (b. 1726) on this day in history.   

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

1834  On August - 05 gijsbert K van Hogendorp, Dutch min of Foreign affairs, dies at 71   

1852  Frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech slavist/poet, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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

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

1863  On August - 05 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 CrèvecÅ“ur de Perthes, French archaeologist (b. 1788) on this day in history.   

1877  On this day in history death of gustavus, Crown Prince of Sweden (b. 1799)   

1880  On this day in history death of ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician (b. 1816)   

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

1891  On August - 05 henry Charles Litolff, French pianist/componist, dies at 73   

1895  On this day in history friedrich English, German textile manufacturer/marxist, dies   

1900  James Augustine Healy, black Roman Catholic bishop, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1901  Victoria, Emperor of Germany/Queen of Prussia, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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  Death of Bob Caruthers, American baseball player (b. 1864) on August - 05.   

1916  George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer, dies at 31 on this day in history.   

1923  On August - 05 death of vatroslav Jagić, Croatian slavist (b. 1835)   

1925  Death of Jennie Lee (actor), American actress (b. 1848) on this day in history.   

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1301  On August - 05 birth of edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330)   

1397  Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474) was born on August - 05.   

1461  On August - 05 birth of alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506)   

1540  Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating was born on this day in history.   

1604  John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1607  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer was born on this day in history.   

1623  Antonio Cesti, composer was born on August - 05.   

1624  William, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America was born on this day in history.