Famous Deaths In August - 05

0882  Death of King Louis III of France (b. 863) on August - 05.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1743  Death of John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English statesman and writer (b. 1696) on this day in history.  

1778  On this day in history thomas Linley, composer, dies at 22  

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 August - 05.  

1830  On this day in history karl Friedrich Horn, composer, dies at 68  

1834  Gijsbert K van Hogendorp, Dutch min of Foreign affairs, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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

1856  Rubert Lucas Pearsall, composer, dies at 61 on August - 05.  

1862  Thomas Williams, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47 on this day in history.  

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

1864  On this day in history griffin A Stedman, Union-brig-gen (Fort Stedman), dies in battle at 26  

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 this day in history.  

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

1889  On this day in history 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 August - 05.  

1900  On August - 05 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  On August - 05 gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer, dies at 66  

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

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

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

1923  On this day in history death of vatroslav Jagić, Croatian slavist (b. 1835)  

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  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 August - 05.  

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

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

1623  On August - 05 birth of antonio Cesti, composer  

1624  On August - 05 birth of william, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America