Famous Deaths Happened 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  On August - 05 dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies   

1364  Death of Emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313) on August - 05.   

1572  Death of Isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534) on August - 05.   

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

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

1644  On this day in history j Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1877  On August - 05 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 this day in history willem Ruys J Dz, ship owner, dies at 80   

1891  Henry Charles Litolff, French pianist/componist, dies at 73 on August - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On August - 05 death of bob Caruthers, American baseball player (b. 1864)   

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

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

1925  On August - 05 death of jennie Lee (actor), American actress (b. 1848)   

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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 this day in history.   

1461  Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506) was born on August - 05.   

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  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.