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 August - 05.  

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

1572  Death of Isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534) on this day in history.  

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  Death of Juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican musician and composer (b. 1619) on this day in history.  

1743  On August - 05 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  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 this day in history karl Friedrich Horn, composer, dies at 68  

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

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

1863  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history death of ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician (b. 1816)  

1889  Willem Ruys J Dz, ship owner, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

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

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

1907  On this day in history gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer, dies at 66  

1910  Wojciech Gawronski, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.  

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  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 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 this day in history.  

1461  Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506) was born on this day in history.  

1540  Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating was born on August - 05.  

1604  John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized was born on August - 05.  

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 this day in history.