Famous Deaths In August - 05

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

1063  Death of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on August - 05.  

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 this day in history.  

1579  On August - 05 death of stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504)  

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

1644  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of john Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English statesman and writer (b. 1696)  

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1778  On August - 05 thomas Linley, composer, dies at 22  

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

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

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

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

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 August - 05.  

1868  On this day in history death of jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist (b. 1788)  

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

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

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  Gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer, dies at 66 on August - 05.  

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

1911  Death of Bob Caruthers, American baseball player (b. 1864) on this day in history.  

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

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  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 this day in history.  

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