Famous Deaths In August - 05

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

1063  Death of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on this day in history.  

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  On August - 05 death of stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504)  

1610  Death of Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile on August - 05.  

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

1678  On this day in history death of juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican musician and composer (b. 1619)  

1743  On August - 05 death of john Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English statesman and writer (b. 1696)  

1778  Thomas Linley, composer, dies at 22 on this day in history.  

1792  Frederick 7th baron North, English premier (1770-82), dies at 60 on August - 05.  

1799  On August - 05 death of richard Howe, British admiral (b. 1726)  

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

1834  On this day in history gijsbert K van Hogendorp, Dutch min of Foreign affairs, dies at 71  

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  Thomas Williams, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47 on August - 05.  

1863  Adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer, dies at 53 on August - 05.  

1864  On August - 05 griffin A Stedman, Union-brig-gen (Fort Stedman), dies in battle at 26  

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

1877  On August - 05 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 this day in history.  

1895  Friedrich English, German textile manufacturer/marxist, dies on this day in history.  

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 August - 05.  

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

1910  On this day in history wojciech Gawronski, composer, dies at 42  

1911  On August - 05 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  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  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  On August - 05 birth of joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating  

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

1607  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer was born on August - 05.  

1623  Antonio Cesti, composer was born on this day in history.  

1624  On this day in history birth of william, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America